Dominic

Dominic

Background

Dominic Santini owns Santini Air which he runs out of Van Nuys Airport and has a commercial pilot license for helicopters. He is a veteran of World War II and served alongside Stringfellow Hawke's father. Dominic is fluent in Italian. He had a friend named Milo when he was young. In the 1960's he was sent to train Cuban nationals in preparation for the invasion of Cuba. Dominic was born in San Remo island where he was good friends with Aaron Martin. His daughter was Sally Santini and his niece is Holly Matthews. Dominic used to be married to Lila Santini. He was christened at the Our Lady of the Bay church in San Remo where his parents were married. Dominic was once in a North Korean prison camp after he was shot down in the Korean War.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 1-2 Shadow of the Hawke played by Ernest Borgnine

On the set of a movie, Dominic is arguing with Blaze and tells Mitch-Director that he won't let Blaze fly Dominic's helicopter by himself. Dominic and Hawke are fired from the movie set when Hawke embarrasses Blaze and Hawke tells Dominic he was offered a job with the FIRM. He asks Dominic to help him and to fly into Libya. Dominic and Hawke make plans for Libya and he takes Hawke to the Valley of the Gods and shows him a place inside of a mesa, where he can hide a large object. Dominic flies into Libya and Hawke and Dominic enter an airbase posing as Mirabelle Oil workers. They bluff their way past Libyan Officer #1 posing as Italians and see Airwolf. They steal the flight suits and helmets of Chuck Gordon and Co-Pilot-Mark and as they are walking to Airwolf, they are stopped by Major Kamal. Dominic gets into Airwolf, while Major Kamal orders Hawke to lift his visor. Hawke and Dominic use Airwolf to escape after killing a group of Libyan soldiers including Libyan Officer #1. They see tracks in the desert and are spotted by Dr. Moffet who drives in his jeep away. They find Gabrielle and land and Hawke runs to her. They get back into Airwolf and chase after Dr. Moffet. Dr. Moffet thinks Airwolf has been shot down by a missile and drives towards the explosion. Hawke then fires a missile at him, killing Dr. Moffet who pointed his revolver at the fuel intake. Dominic drops off Hawke and then flies away.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 3 Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and Hawke fly Airwolf to try and learn more of its capabilities. He is recruited by Hawke and Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, code name Archangel to help identify a pilot that is planning on giving the Soviets a top secret plane. He goes undercover as a janitor at the airbase and is asked by Hawke to gather information on Nhi Truong. Hawke tells him to get Airwolf ready and Dominic pops smoke to let Maj. Sam Roper know where to land to drop off Hawke. They go to get Airwolf and then fly into Soviet territory. They attack a Soviet radar site and Dominic goes inside to get Ho Minh Truong. They then return back to the United States.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 4 Bite of the Jackal played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic invites Hawke to come with him to Acapulco to make a delivery to Queenie May Shapiro, but Hawke declines. He leaves and eventually flies in one of his helicopters. As he is flying he sees a hand grabbing for his sandwich and finds Phoebe Danner stowed away in his chopper. She tells him she wanted to go to Acapulco to meet her father and then smoke starts to come from the engine. Dominic crash lands the helicopter and is knocked unconscious. He is woken up by Phoebe and they jump out of the helicopter. After he secures the helicopter and Phoebe brings him a tire that fell off, they see two helicopters on the horizon and Dominic fires a flare. The helicopters shoot at them and Mitchell Bruck tells them that they must stay within a perimeter he has made or they will be shot. They see Hawke trying to save them, but he is forced to fly off after Airwolf is hit with a rocket. At night, Phoebe asks Dominic if he thinks they will be shot and then she shows him a photo of her parents and a dress she plans on wearing when she meets her father. Dominic repairs the engine of his helicopter and tells Phoebe his plan of escape. Airwolf returns and after blowing up Mitchell's helicopter and the other helicopter, Dominic and Phoebe leave in his helicopter. They return to Hawke's cabin and Phoebe tells Dominic she is afraid to meet her father in case he doesn't like her. Phoebe runs to meet her father and Laura Archer tells him how much it cost the FIRM to find Phoebe's father.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 5 Proof Through the Night played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke tells Dominic the plan to rescue Vladimir Rostoff and his family Natalya and Tanya Rostoff without weapons, which Dominic doesn't like. They fly Airwolf into Europe and refuel on Tanker Plane Pilot's plane over the Baltic. They arrive at Vladimir's farm and land. Hawke follows Vladimir into his cabin, and Vladimir tells him they have to pick up his family in a different location, where he has also left the vial with the biological weapon he stole. They fly to Kirivitz and land Airwolf some distance away from the house where Tanya, Natalya and her brother, Ivan Turgyev are staying. They walk towards the house, but stop so Dominic can check inside where he finds 1st Russian Soldier and another soldier with Ivan and Vladimir's family. They wait until the morning when 1st Russian Soldier and the other soldier leave. They then go inside and Vladimir tells his family he is a spy for the Americans and they are leaving to America. A helicopter arrives and yells at Hawke who had run outside to get the vial back from Ivan. Dominic shoots at the helicopter and Hawke is able to run back inside. He then leaves again to get Airwolf, while Dominic stays with the family. Hawke returns to the house and uses the speed of Airwolf to cause the helicopter and a Soviet army vehicle to crash. He then picks up Vladimir and his family and they return to Hawke's cabin. Dominic has a dinner with Hawke, Archangel, Marella and Vladimir and his family while Dominic mentions the Russian food his friend's mom used to make.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 6 One Way Express played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic asks Hawke to help him perform a stunt for a movie, but Hawke tells Dominic he thinks Dominic is too old to perform the stunt, which angers Dominic. Dominic meets with Simon Sayes and Phillip Maurice and promises that if he can't perform the stunt then he will pay the films production costs. Hawke goes to Dominic and tells him he will help him if he does the stunt instead of Dominic, but Dominic gets angry again and tells Hawke to leave. Simon tells Dominic that Hawke has taken his job as the stunt pilot and Dominic goes to Hawke's cabin and punches him for stealing his job. Hawke refuses to fight back and Dominic leaves. Hawke goes to Dominic's air pad and asks him to fly Airwolf while he flies the stunt helicopter. Dominic gets into Airwolf and flies it towards the stunt location. He sees Hawke flagging him down and then lands. They then fly towards where Vinnie and Phillip were flying. Hawke forces Vinnie to land and when Vinnie tries to escape, Hawke fires Airwolf's guns at him. Hawke then blows up the stunt helicopter and contacts Archangel. Later at his cabin, Hawke and Dominic saw a log together

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 7 Echoes from the Past played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic goes to the location where the helicopter he lent to Hawke was found. Archangel tells him the helicopter was found without any damage and then motions him inside of a building. Marella and Archangel tell him that an East Berlin spy ring was seen entering the United States and they think it may have something to do with Hawke's disappearance. Archangel then asks Dominic where Airwolf is hidden, but Dominic refuses to tell him. Dominic goes to Airwolf and hides inside. After Hawke flies Airwolf into the plane being used by the spy ring, Dominic sneaks outside and points a gun at "Saint John", while Hawke takes away the gun from Nurse Frida Simmons. After putting them in straight jackets, they leave in Airwolf with Susan Hill. They fly Airwolf away and avoid being blown up by MiG's while also causing the plane to be hit by a missile. Dominic then flies Archangel and Marella to Hawke's cabin.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 8 Fight Like a Dove played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and Hawke test the maximum altitude of Airwolf and after reaching 86,000 feet, they return to their base. Hawke senses someone is also inside the base and orders Sarah Lebow to step out. She introduces herself and tells them she wants to use Airwolf to help her get justice against Helmut Kruger who murdered her father Harry "Dove" Lebow. After Hawke initially refuses, she offers to help him find Saint John. Dominic and Hawke decide to help Sarah and he, Hawke and Sarah leave in Airwolf. Dominic and the others arrive at the Kruger Estate after noticing that their scanners are jammed and they see Archangel standing next to Kruger. They then fly off and land. Sarah angrily tells Hawke that he is giving Kruger time to prepare, but Dominic tells her Archangel has a plan. Hawke is called by Archangel and then they fly Airwolf to rendezvous with Archangel. Dominic detects a pair of F-4 Phantoms heading their way and Hawke uses Airwolf to shoot them out of the sky. Dominic and Hawke then return where Archangel and Sarah are and Archangel explains to all of them that he sold the Thor weapons system to Kruger so that the nations that bought them wouldn't buy from the Russians. He then explains how there is a device that can be used to cause the missiles to self destruct. Dominic and Hawke leave to get Kruger, and Archangel tells them that he doesn't have the device on him. They attack Kruger's estate and Kruger has Minter fire the Thor missiles at Airwolf. They manage to destroy three of the missiles and use the fourth missile to blow up the balcony Kruger and Minter are standing on. Kruger survives and Sarah arrives and points her weapon at him. She then shoots Kruger in the earlobe. Back at Hawke's cabin, Dominic, Hawke and Marella wonder how Archangel was wounded in the earlobe. Sarah then tells them a sniper shot at them.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 9 Mad Over Miami played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic uses his helicopter's radio to navigate to Cuba. He arrives in Cuba and gives Colonel Fernandez a briefcase full of two million dollars in exchange for two prisoners. A helicopter suddenly appears and starts shooting at everyone. A crew member on the helicopter then grabs the briefcase of money and it flies away. Colonel Fernandez accuses Dominic of being in on it with the helicopter crew and demands three million for the prisoners. As Dominic is flying away, he needs to quickly land his helicopter due to the helicopter's fuel tank being ruptured. He is sitting in a bar when Hawke walks in. Dominic tells him he was bringing money to Cuba to exchange for prisoners that he trained and who fought in the Bay of Pigs incident. As they are talking, Stella Rivera and two men walk into the bar and she points a weapon at Hawke and Dominic. She takes them to her grandfather Ivan Rivera's house and Dominic tells Ivan he was double crossed. Dominic and Hawke fly Airwolf to Sanchez's camp. Sanchez fires a heat seeking missile at Airwolf and they attack Sanchez's camp. Sanchez and his men surrender and Hawke asks him where he got the money for the weapons. Sanchez then shows Hawke a phone with a direct line to Archangel. Archangel and Marella arrive and tell Hawke that they were training Sanchez and his men to fight Communists. Hawke then threatens to tell the newspapers that the FIRM is funding criminals unless Archangel gives him three million dollars and Archangel agrees. Dominic and Hawke return to Ivan's house and Stella tells them that only Cubans will deliver the money this time. Hawke then threatens to withhold the money unless Dominic goes and Ivan agrees. Dominic and Stella then fly to Cuba. They give Colonel Fernandez the money, but he decides to double cross them. They are saved when Hawke arrives in Airwolf and he escorts them back to Florida. At a bar in Florida, Dominic buys Hawke a drink.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 10 And They Are Us played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and HAwke are briefed by Archangel and Marella on the situation in Limbawe, Africa. Before they can finish, Hawke tells them he is not interested in helping them, but then they show him a slide of Colonel Vidor, who was Hawke's commanding officer in Vietnam and who was shot down in the same location as Saint John. Dominic and Hawke fly to North Limbawe and land Airwolf near President Seko Logana and Lea Logana. Seko dismissively asks how much Dominic and Hawke are being paid, and Dominic angrily tells him it is not costing him anything. He rides with Lea in her jeep back to camp, while Hawke takes Seko in Airwolf. He and Hawke go the the camp of General Ali Butami and Hawke tells Colonel Vidor that he wants to work as a mercenary for General Butami. Dominic is standing next to Airwolf when Butami and a Sniper that attempted to shoot President Seko hold him at gunpoint and bring him into Butami's office. Dominic and Hawke manage to fight off Vidor, Butami and the Sniper. As they are leaving, Vidor tells Hawke he will have to fight him and to take Harold Ngomo with them. Seko's base is suddenly attacked by Vidor and Lt. Reed in their helicopter and Lea is injured. Dominic and Hawke get into Airwolf and chase after Vidor and Reed. They fall into their trap, but they shoot all but Vidor and Reed's helicopter out of the sky. They then destroy the missile silo in South Limbawe. Vidor flies his helicopter towards Airwolf and tells Hawke he knows the location of Saint John, before purposely crashing his helicopter into the ground. At Hawke's cabin, Archangel tells Hawke, Vidor was lying and didn't know where Saint John is. He then gives him Bo-Dai's helmet Lea gave him to give to Hawke and Hawke makes a toast to those who survived and those who didn't.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 11 Mind of the Machine played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and Hawke are flying Airwolf in some canyons when Hawke complains the controls feel mushy. Dominic warns him to pull up and Airwolf crashes. Archangel opens the door and Dominic tells Dr. Robert Winchester he almost forgot it was a simulation. Dominic then is shown how the simulation works by Diana Norris. While Dominic and Hawke are getting Airwolf ready to fly, Dominic tells Hawke it is important to leave something behind and how great it would be to have future generations wondering who this Hawke and Dominic are that they are competing against in the simulator. They return to the lab and a telemetry pod is placed in Airwolf's nose. At their camp, Dominic tells Hawke he shouldn't take the tests so personally after Hawke gets upset when Diana and Winchester tell them their score for the day and then they compete on who can make the best coyote sound. During a simulation competition between Hawke and Winchester, the security alarms go off and Winchester tells Hawke to leave with Airwolf. As Dominic and Hawke take Airwolf to the sky, they shoot at Alexi Provov and his men, who are assaulting the lab. The next day Archangel shuts down the project due to the security breach. Dominic and Hawke land Airwolf next to Archangel and Marella's limo and they are able to identify Alexi from some photos they show them. As they are flying away, Archangel asks them for help and tells them Diana and Alexi stole tapes with information on Airwolf's specifications. They fly back and order Alexi to land his helicopter. Alexi starts firing at Airwolf and Dominic tells Hawke their weapons are off line. Archangel calls Hawke and tells him to stop using the computer and Hawke and Dominic manually use the weapons to shoot Alexi's helicopter out of the sky. They then return to pick up the wounded Winchester to bring him to the hospital. Hawke notices Winchester grabbing for the controls and Hawke lets him fly Airwolf until Winchester succumbs to his wound.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 12 To Snare a Wolf played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and Hawke are in Dominic's helicopter filming war games for a training film. Sgt. Nash tells Dominic they can't afford to fall behind their shooting schedule due to a planned B-52 bombing run. Dominic tells Nash he needs an hour to repair his equipment and he and Hawke hide Airwolf. They receive a mayday and Dominic flies to its location. He lands and finds Antonia Donatelli. Dominic chastises Antonia for flying her old plane in a storm, and Antonia begs him for a ride. He finally agrees to let her ride with him and she tells him her full name and Dominic is excited when he finds out she is ethnically Italian. He takes her to Hawke's cabin and Antonia is greeted by Tet. Dominic then takes off again and picks up Hawke at an airplane boneyard. Later, Hawke makes Italian food for dinner and he becomes skeptical of Antonia over dinner as she tells her story. Hawke tells Antonia he is going to get firewood and asks Dominic for help. When they go outside, Hawke tells Dominic he doesn't trust Antonia. The next day they drop Antonia off at her plane and Antonia flies away. Col. Ellinson tells Hawke and Dominic where the B-52 bomb run will be. Hawke notices a helicopter chasing them and finds a tracking device in Dominic's helicopter and blames Antonia. They follow a truck and Hawke drops the tracking device in the bed of the truck. They fly to where Antonia is staying and Dominic accuses her of lying to him. She tells him she faked the mayday call so she could meet him and try and get a job. She tells them she was fired at her other job for rejecting the chief pilot's advances. Hawke and Dominic then fly away after Dominic tells her to send a resume next time. Dominic goes to where Antonia is staying and offers her a job and they leave in his helicopter. Ellinson tells Dominic there is a slight delay in the bombing run and tells him he will radio him when he is ready. Dominic tells Ellinson to stop the bombing run, and as Ellinson is about to cancel the bombing, Nash takes the radio mike away from him and relieves him of his duty. Back at Hawke's cabin, Archangel tries to hire Antonia, but Dominic tells him Antonia is coming to work for him as his top stunt pilot.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 1 Sweet Britches played by Ernest Borgnine

The phone rings at Dominic's hangar and he asks Hawke to answer it. Hawke then tells Dominic how James helped him in Vietnam and is now in trouble in Texas. They get into Airwolf and fly it out of its hiding place. As Caitlin O'Shannessy is being assaulted by Buck, Billie and some other men, Dominic and Hawke arrive in Airwolf and tell them to let Caitlin go. After Caitlin is released and drives off, they use Airwolf to knock over Billie's truck. Dominic drops off Hawke and then parks Airwolf in a fenced in area. As he is drinking coffee, a lion walks his way. He is stuck in Airwolf as he is surrounded by a pride of lions. Hawke calls Dominic and tells him to bust him out of jail. Dominic rescues Hawke as he is being hunted by Buddy and Sam Houston and they knock over Sam's jeep with Airwolf. Dominic and Hawke arrive at the Sheriff's Office in Airwolf and blow up Billie's truck and Sheriff Bogan's Bronco. They then fire Airwolf's weapons and kill Bogan, Buck, Billie and the rest of the men. Caitlin thanks Hawke and then chases after them in her helicopter and tells him he can't leave. Hawke and Dominic then fly off and Dominic starts singing The Yellow Rose of Texas.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 2 Firestorm played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and Hawke are testing the performance of Dominic's helicopter, when Dominic mentions they should be doing regular flights with Airwolf to keep it maintained. They land and Everett tells Dominic that he got a call from Angie. They get into Dominic's jeep and ride towards the Four Corners area. At the Last Chance bar, Eddie Donahue lunges at a Soldier and they start to fight as Dominic and Hawke enter the bar. They grab Eddie and Dominic drives his truck home while Hawke follows in Dominic's jeep. Dominic brings Eddie into his trailer and Eddie recalls how Dominic has carried him home numerous times. Before passing out, Eddie mumbles about seeing lights in the desert. They leave after Hawke asks Dominic how many times he is going to help Eddie. Eddie wakes up in the hospital and Dominic gives him some magazines to read and tells him he was screaming about snakes crawling on his body and Dominic tells Eddie, he has to quit drinking. Eddie's heart rate elevates as he tells Dominic of the things he sees in the desert. Two Nurses walk in and one tells the other one to get the doctor. The Nurse then grabs Dominic and pulls him away as Eddie screams that what he saw was nothing from Earth. Back at the hangar, Dominic tells Hawke they should check out the area to see if Eddie was seeing things. They then get into Airwolf and take infrared and thermal scan photographs of the area. Dominic tells Hawke, Eddie used to be a pilot, but took to drinking when a plane he was flying crashed, causing numerous casualties. They fly back and Dominic picks up Eddie from the hospital and brings him back to his trailer. As Dominic goes out to his jeep he sees lights in the sky. Eddie runs out and suddenly a loud screeching noise erupts from where the lights are. Hawke wakes up in a room with Dominic and Eddie and Dominic tells him General Sandower and his group are getting ready to fire the nuclear tipped missile at Moscow to start World War III. They start a fake fight to attract the guard, and then grab him and choke him unconscious when he tries to stop them from fighting. They break out of the room and Sandower starts the launch of the missile. Dominic is shot in the chest as he and Eddie drive away in a jeep and Hawke jumps onto a motorcycle and rides away. Dominic and Eddie arrive at Eddie's trailer, while Hawke gets into Airwolf. Dominic tells Eddie that he will have to help Hawke fly Airwolf to stop Sandower. A group of Sandower's men arrive at Eddie's trailer, but Hawke kills two of them, and the others surrender. Hawke lands Airwolf and Dominic and Hawke tell Eddie that he has to help them. After the desitruction of the missile, Dominic, Hawke and Eddie drive Eddie back to his trailer and Eddie tells Dominic he is going to try to get sober. Eddie goes into his trailer and opens a bottle of liquor as Dominic goes inside to tell him something. Dominic then tells Eddie that no one can live his life for him and he leaves. Eddie looks at the bottle of liquor and Dominic and Hawke leave Eddie's property.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 3 Moffett's Ghost played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic and Hawke are transporting Dr. Burton in Airwolf to a secret meeting with Soviet scientists. As they cross the Bering Sea, Hawke promises to pick Dr. Burton up when the meeting ends. They land in Russia and Dr. Burton is greeted by the Soviet scientists. At Hawke's cabin, Marella mentions to Hawke and Dominic if Dr. Burton didn't have to work in secret, he would have won numerous Peace Prizes. Archangel tells Hawke he has to make sure he picks up Dr. Burton, or it would be a propaganda nightmare. Archangel asks him if he has had any problems with Airwolf and then tells Hawke, while Marella was monitoring the NORAD map she saw several stray targets. After Archangel and Marella leave, Dominic mentions to Hawke how the computers in Airwolf were acting up. Dominic and Hawke are flying Airwolf when the navigation system starts to run itself and takes over flying Airwolf. The weapon system automatically comes on and fires upon and destroys a drone. They land Airwolf and Dominic asks Hawke how they are going to pick up Dr. Burton if they can't control Airwolf. Dominic then suggests asking Archangel for help, but Hawke refuses. They go to the research office of Dr. Hanson. Hawke tells Dr. Hanson he came to see her about Airwolf and that Airwolf is having computer problems. Dominic and Hawke take a blindfolded Dr. Hanson to Airwolf's secret lair and she notices the computer is on. They watch the video and learn that Moffet put a program in place that would take over Airwolf if he was ever imprisoned or killed. Dr. Hanson explains to Dominic and Hawke how a logic bomb works and how complicated it will be to fix the logic bomb Moffet left in Airwolf. Dr. Hanson continues to work on the computer system of Airwolf and after being shocked, thinks she might have fixed the program. Dominic, Hawke and Dr. Hanson take Airwolf out to test it and the weapons system auto locks on a Cessna plane. It fires towards the plane, and Hawke tells Dr. Hanson they installed blank rounds in the chain guns. Dr. Hanson figures out how to temporarily take control of Airwolf again and they land. She tells Hawke if she had a more powerful computer she might be able to override the program. Hawke and Dominic show Archangel and Marella, Moffet's video and Archangel tells them Airwolf should be grounded. Before they leave, Marella gives them classified detailed designs of Airwolf to give to Dr. Hanson. In the morning, Dr. Hanson tells Dominic and Hawke she doesn't know if she fixed Airwolf and as they about to lift off, she tells them that she planted an explosive in Airwolf and threatens to detonate it. Hawke tells Dr. Hanson he needs her help to save Dr. Burton and gives her the option of detonating the bomb or helping them. A group of FIRM agents follow the signal of a homing device that Archangel also gave to Dr. Hanson to Callahan's Old West Indian Museum. Dominic walks out of the museum and starts to laugh as the agents turn around and leave.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 4 The Truth About Holly played by Ernest Borgnine

In Taxquetl, Mexico, Hawke sneaks inside of a mansion. Hawke and Holly Matthews escape out of the mansion and run to Airwolf as an alarm goes off and Ed Aarons' security chase and shoot at them. They return to the United States and Lieutenant Grodin questions them about Holly and if she was kidnapped. They then argue with Grodin about whether Holly was being held against her will. Dominic and Holly have lunch and she tells Dominic she feels dirty for moving in with Aarons. Holly sees a man and runs away from the table and Dominic runs after her and tells her the nightmare will end little by little. Caitlin O'Shannessy and Dominic are walking to James' funeral when Caitlin accepts working part time for Dominic. On the movie set, Mr. Carlson runs over to Hawke and asks him and Dominic to do the stunt in one take to help with the budget. At the last minute Dominic tells Caitlin he doesn't want her to do the stunt due to her inexperience, but she tells him she will manage. Caitlin then gets into the helicopter to perform the stunt. As she is flying, a bolt comes loose and falls out of the cyclic control. She manages to land the helicopter on the set of a Roman film being shot. Hawke and Dominic run to Caitlin and she tells Hawke the cyclic was jammed. Everett runs to Dominic and points out Tony and Hernando. Dominic and Hawke chase after Tony and Hernando, but they get away. They drive to Edw. Aarons Inc. and Worker asks what he can do for them. Hawke asks to see Aarons and when Worker tells him he isn't there, Hawke keeps on walking. They are stopped by Mancini and Hawke tells him he wants to see Aarons. Mancini tells Hawke, Aarons is in Mexico and Hawke and Dominic tell Mancini to tell Aarons to stay away from Holly. As Caitlin is about to take Holly to Hawke's cabin, Dominic warns her about a restrictive airspace she will have to go around. As Dominic is getting the helicopter ready, a fire breaks out and Caitlin runs over and warns him right before the helicopter explodes. Dominic accuses Aarons of being behind it to Lieutenant Grodin, but Grodin tells him he needs evidence. Everett gives Dominic the phone and Aarons asks to meet with him. Hawke and Dominic land Airwolf and meet with Aarons who tells them he is glad Holly is gone and he just wanted his coded account book which she stole. Aarons then tells them that Holly is crazy and makes up lies and once sent herself a dead cat and cut his break lines. Aarons then asks for a truce and after accepting, Dominic punches him in the face. Everett contacts Dominic and tells him Caitlin and Holly took his helicopter to go to Hawke's cabin. A jet fires a missile at Caitlin and Hawke has Dominic fire a sunburst. Caitlin manages to take the gun away from Holly and flies out of the restricted area. At Dominic's hangar, Holly tells Hawke that her grandmother told her she is going to a nice place for vacation and then she is put in a car and taken away to a mental ward. After she leaves Caitlin is hired by Dominic.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 5 The Hunted played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke and Dominic are flying Airwolf in the desert when the port engine goes out. They land Airwolf in its lair and Dominic tells Hawke they need to do maintenance on Airwolf. At Dominic's hangar, Dominic arrives and reminds Caitlin she is only a part time worker and she leaves to go on a date. Rosalind Gregory arrives and tells Caitlin she is there to see Dominic. Rosalind then introduces Tony Spandel to Dominic and Dominic starts to introduce Hawke, but Rosalind already knows who he is. She tells Dominic that she would like to contract Santini Air for thirty days to fly company staff when needed. When Hawke asks who is paying, Rosalind tells him Carter Anderson III. Rosalind and the others leave and Dominic tells Hawke how excited he is over the deal, but Hawke doesn't agree. Hawke and Dominic again take out Airwolf, but one engine continues to stall. Hawke tells Dominic he doesn't trust the Anderson deal. They arrive at Santini Air and ask Everett who all the people are searching through the hangar. Hawke asks Tony what is going on and Dominic notices one of the people is photographing his personal paperwork. While Dominic is fixing a fuel control unit, Hawke tells Dominic he worries maybe Anderson is trying to steal Airwolf. Caitlin shows up and asks what Dominic is working on. Dominic then tells her she is on full time for a month and as she is leaving she figures out the gadget is an electric fuel control unit. Caitlin is flying with Hawke and Dominic when Hawke tells her she is the one that is going to fly Anderson. Dominic and Hawke take Rosalind and Tony to a bar and discuss how the operation will go. Later, Robert Villers in a Corsair, pulls along Caitlin's plane and she calls Hawke for help. Robert starts firing missiles at Caitlin's plane and Hawke and Dominic arrive in Airwolf to help. Robert then starts firing at both Airwolf and Caitlin's plane. Hawke gets behind Robert's Corsair and fires his chain guns, disabling the Corsair. Robert gets on the radio and tells Caitlin he will see her and tells Hawke and Dominic good show and then the Corsair explodes. At Hawke's cabin, Dominic tells Hawke he can't get Caitlin to feel better and Hawke goes outside with his cello and Tet. Caitlin tells Hawke not to bother trying to make her feel better, and he plays songs to follow her mood. He then denies the existence of Airwolf as a joke. Caitlin gets riled up and Hawke tells Dominic, Caitlin must be feeling better.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 6 Sins of the Past played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke goes inside the offices at Santini Air and finds Dominic sitting at his desk. Hawke tells Dominic, Archangel wants them to go on a mission. Dominic then tells Hawke that his daughter Sally died and she is to be buried the next day. They take Airwolf to San Remo island and on their way Dominic tells Hawke of how he hadn't seen Sally in years. Dominic and Hawke are walking along the beach when Dominic sees Aaron Martin. Dominic thanks Aaron for calling him and telling him about Sally and Aaron asks him if he is going to control himself at the funeral. They go to the Our Lady of the Bay church and Dominic kisses the head and kneels in front of Sally's body. Lila Santini walks into the church and she and Dominic exchange looks. At the cemetery, Father Donovan leads the eulogy for Sally, but is interrupted by Lila, who declares that the only reason anyone is at the funeral is to collect money. Lila continues to pester Dominic about why he is at the funeral. Before leaving, Lila tells Dominic that Sally hated him and she isn't sure that Sally was even his daughter. Lila is at her home when Dominic shows up and asks to get the locket he gave to Sally. She continues to insult him and then drops the locket on the ground. Before he leaves, Lila tells him, he was the only mistake she ever regretted. Dominic and Hawke then start on the mission for Archangel and when they return to the hangar, Caitlin runs up to them and tells them Lieutenant Grodin is there to speak with Dominic. Grodin walks up to them and asks Dominic where he was the night before and hands him a picture of Lila and then arrests him for suspicion of murder of Lila who was beaten to death. Dominic is photographed by a Police Photographer and then has his fingerprints taken. Hawke visits Dominic at the County of Los Angeles Central Jail and Dominic tells Hawke he is having memories of being locked up in a North Korean prison camp. Caitlin goes to the prison and visits Dominic and tells him, Hawke is working on a plan to get him out. Later, Dominic arrives with Hawke and they celebrate his release from prison. Dominic then opens Sally's locket and looks at her photo inside.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 7 Fallen Angel played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke and Dominic are flying a bi-plane for a movie shoot. Hawke performs a maneuver which puts him behind the other bi-plane. The Director calls Dominic. He asks Dominic what he is doing and Dominic tells him he called cut and Hawke is just messing around. The Director tells Dominic he will tell him when to cut and then has him perform the barn stunt. Hawke and Dominic crash the plane into the barn and remark the roof didn't feel like it was balsa wood like it was supposed to. They end up in the hospital and tell Caitlin that the balsa wood was placed on the wrong side of the barn roof. Marella walks into their hospital room and tells Hawke and Dominic that Archangel is a prisoner in East Germany. She tells them that Zeus and the rest of the committee will not be sending a rescue party and his section has been closed. She hands Hawke a data device with information on what Archangel was doing and tells him, Archangel was in East Germany trying to rescue an agent called Maria Von Furster who had made the KGB white list. Hawke agrees to go and as Marella is leaving she tells them good luck. Caitlin walks back into the room and Hawke and Dominic have the idea to have her help since Dominic is too injured. Hawke and Caitlin get Dominic out of his hospital bed. A Nurse walks into the room and asks what they are doing. Dominic tells her he is leaving just for a little while to do some stunt work and she folds her arms across her chest. Caitlin flips the Nurse onto the bed and Hawke wheels Dominic out of the hospital. Dominic, Hawke and Caitlin take Airwolf to the coordinates listed in the file Marella gave them. As they are heading in the direction, four MiG-25's appear on Airwolf's radar screen. They manage to use their radar dampener to avoid detection. Dominic and Caitlin start flying Airwolf towards the castle Archangel is being held captive. They fly into the castle courtyard and start shooting at the guards. Hawke and Maria help Archangel get in Airwolf, but Maria is shot by Kruger. Airwolf then flies off. At FIRM headquarters, Archangel and the others, including Marella walk into a meeting with the committee. Zeus welcomes him back and thanks Caitlin, Dominic and Hawke for rescuing Archangel. He then says Marella will have to be suspended until a review board can determine if she is capable of following orders. Dominic argues with Zeus and Archangel demands his staff back. When Zeus refuses Archangel's demand, Archangel pulls out a gun and fires at Zeus. They return to the castle in Airwolf. After getting the vials of drugs used against Archange, Hawke and Archangel get into Airwolf and they fly away. They shoot down two MiG's and Archangel realizes that Maria was working with Kruger to set him up. Dominic wants to go get beer and bratwurst and when Caitlin suggests they can discuss their next mission, Dominic, Hawke and Archangel act like Airwolf doesn't exist.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 8 HX1 played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke and Dominic take Airwolf out to search for the HX1 on orders of Archangel. Hawke thinks his brother Saint John is involved in the helicopter heist. He mentions the technique that they used could only be done by four people, Saint John, Colonel Vidor, Mace Taggart and himself, and Mace Taggart and Colonel Vidore are dead. They pass over the DAVSCO corporation and don't find any signs of the HX1. Hawke tells Dominic that some of the men he served with in Vietnam became mercenaries and maybe Saint John is working with them. Hawke calls Dominic from a payphone and Dominic arrives in Airwolf. They head towards Red Rock Flats. Airwolf arrives and Hawke asks Mace where Saint John is. Mace tells Hawke he knows what happened to Saint John and starts attacking Airwolf. Hawke asks Mace again to tell him, but Mace continues to attack Airwolf. Dominic yells at Hawke to fire back and Hawke eventually does, causing the HX1 to blow up in the sky. The wreckage of the HX1 lands on the people watching the demonstration, killing them all. Dominic and Caitlin try to comfort Hawke and Hawke smiles and drives his motorcycle away.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 9 Flight #093 Is Missing played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke and Dominic walk into the Santini Air hangar and Hawke reminds Caitlin, her flight leaves in an hour. Caitlin tries to make an excuse for not going, but they end up taking her to the Los Angeles International Airport. Dominic tells Hawke a joke about break dancing and then tells Hawke his accountant told him, Hawke is going to jail if he doesn't file his taxes. Dominic then tells Hawke that a special accountant is being flown to his cabin to do his taxes. Later, As Hawke and Laurie are getting comfortable at his cabin, Dominic bursts in with food. Later, Marks plays a recording from the terrorists to Hawke, Dominic, Ingrid Kendall and an ATC Representative,demanding 50 million dollars in ransom for the passengers. Hawke thanks Marks for allowing them to help. The ATC Representative tells Hawke and Dominic that the plane has essentially vanished. Ingrid wants to start raising the money and Hawke tells her, even if they gave the terrorists the money, they would never see the plane again. Ingrid then tells Hawke that she has loved Edward since the day they met, but never told him. Marks tells Hawke and Dominic that if the hurricane continues north they will have to call off the search. Hawke and Dominic take Airwolf out and photograph the area. The Coast Guard tells them to come in due to the weather, but Hawke ignores them. Dominic and Hawke go over the photographs they took and Hawke finds the plane. Hawke shows Marks the photo and tells him they will radio back if they find it. Hawke and Dominic take Airwolf over the water and Dominic spots the shape of a plane underwater and Hawke radios it in to air rescue with their location. Hawke jumps overboard in a diving suit and the passengers celebrate when they see him. Dominic sees Hergos' boat and mistakenly thinks it is a rescue ship and drops a marker in the water. Joskins fires the missile launcher at Airwolf and barely misses them with a direct hit. Joskins then drops a depth charge into the water causing the plane to rock and the passengers to panic. Dominic is forced to hotwire the weapons systems due to the damage from the missile while Joskins continues to fire at them. Dominic fixes it and Hawke shoots the .50 cal at Joskins, killing him and then fires two rockets into the ship, blowing it up. The Coast Guard arrives. Back at Santini Air, Caitlin tells her mother over the phone that she is sorry she missed her sister's wedding. Dominic tells Caitlin there are tons of eligible men and then points at Hawke.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 10 Once a Hero played by Ernest Borgnine

Hawke shows Dominic the photos of a prisoner of war camp in Laos and suggests a plan to form a unit to help break out Saint John. They go to the All County Dirt Bike rally to recruit Kearns. Kearns is at first hesitant to go, but agrees in the end. They then go to the Convention Center to hear a speech by Gary Wallace. Dominic doesn't think Gary will join them, but Hawke tells him they need him in order to get visas with his political clout. After his speech, Gary walks into his office and tells Hawke, he can't go along with his plan as he doesn't think it can be done. Hawke tells him he doesn't have to apologize and as he, Dominic and Kearns are leaving, Gary tells them he will join them. Hawke shows Kearns and Gary Airwolf. Dominic in Airwolf then does a demonstration of its fighting abilities. Hawke and Dominic take Airwolf over the prison camp and use their cameras to record the camp before flying into the camp. The prison camp guards shoot at Airwolf and eventually Hawke flies Airwolf away. In Bangkok, Thailand, Hawke and Dominic wait for Kearns and Gary to arrive so they can store their gear before meeting Chin Mou. As they are eating, Gary starts to get noticeably paranoid. Charmaine Beaucaire walks up to their table and kisses Hawke and Hawke introduces "Chin Mou" to Dominic, Kearns and Gary. Hawke, Dominic, Gary and Charmaine start removing the lids of the crates holding their supplies. Kearns arrives and they remove their weapons and Hawke tells everyone thanks. There is a knock on the door and Kearns and Gary hurry and get the weapons loaded onto the truck while Charmaine stalls the Government Official at the door. Charmaine opens the door and the Government Official walks in with two military personnel. The Government Official asks what they are transporting and then comments on their truck. Kearns starts the truck and Hawke punches The Government Official when he tries to stop Kearns. The others get into the truck and drive off as the government personnel shoot at them. Hawke, Charmaine, Gary and Kearns walk through the jungle, while Dominic flies overhead in Airwolf. Hawke and the others are pinned down in the prisoner of war camp and he calls Dominic on the radio for air support. Dominic arrives in Airwolf and starts killing the guards. Hawke and the others lead the Laotian prisoners into the jeep and then Kearns, Charmain and Gary drive off. Dominic destroys most of the base in Airwolf and then picks Hawke up. They chase after the truck with the prisoners. Hawke shoots at the truck and the guards run away. Hawke and Dominic land Airwolf and Hawke runs to the back of the truck. Kearns and Charmaine arrive in the jeep and Hawke tells them Saint John wasn't in the truck. A jet starts firing at them and they transfer the American prisoners into the jeep with the Laotians. Hawke get into Airwolf while Kearns and Charmaine park the jeep in the jungle. Hawke and Dominic then shoot down three jets. Hawke uses the loudspeaker and tries to send a message to Saint John that he is coming back. Hawke, Dominic and Kearns return to the United States and attend Gary's funeral. Kearns invites Hawke and Dominic for a beer, and after initially telling him no, they agree to have a beer with him and Dominic tells a saying about those that drink with friends never put on weight.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 11 Random Target played by Ernest Borgnine

Dominic is training Caitlin in Airwolf. She asks when she can become a crew member on Airwolf, but Dominic tells her she can't join yet. Hawke and Dominic are talking with Kowal, who is trying to subcontract them to do a job he is contracted to do. Dominic angrily accuses Kowal of low balling the bid and how he wants them to do it for less. Model arrives at the hangar and calls to Kowal. Kowal begs them to accept the job and Hawke agrees to do it. Hawke and Dominic fly in Kowal's helicopter and film locations for film survey work. They pass over Dent's compound and Dominic films the models hanging out by the pool. The next day, Dominic and Hawke arrive at Kowal Air Service and when they try to go inside, they are told by a police officer to speak with Anne Brannen. Anne asks them if they were employees of Kowal and then asks if they know anyone that might have a grudge against Kowal. Anne tells them she thinks it was probably junkies that murdered Kowal, but Hawke disagrees. Dominic then tells Annie some of Kowal's back history including that he has been divorced three times and gambles. Caitlin is brought to the Kensington General Hospital after being attacked where she is questioned by Anne. As Anne is leaving, Hawke makes a sarcastic comment about the progress of the case, and she tells him with the lack of evidence, the case is low priority. Dominic tells Caitlin that Kowal wanted to quit the business a few months back, but Hawke convinced him to stay. Hawke and Dominic go back to Kowal Air Service. They hear a knock and surprise Delivery Boy. He gives them the film and tells them the film lab was burned down. Hawke and Dominic figure out the importance of the film and sit down and watch it. Anne arrives and Hawke tells her they have a film that will help solve the mystery of Kowal's death. Dominic orders a salami cotto provolone sandwich from Sam the Counterman. Someone tells Dominic his hangar is on fire and he has to be held back from running to his hangar. After the Santini Air hangar is set on fire, Anne arrives and Hawke tries to convince her the fire is connected to what happened to Kowal, but she doesn't believe him and Dominic thinks maybe it was machine parts that started it. Anne asks how many people knew about the film and Dominic mentions he told Everett about the film and a few other guys and Anne suggests anyone could have heard about the film. Dominic and Hawke take out Airwolf and photograph the area they filmed for Kowal. They go back to Hawke's cabin and look over the photographs they took and they figure out what they have been looking for. Later, Hawke calls for Dominic and Caitlin's help and they arrive and blow up the car with Stark and the other guy. Hawke gets into Airwolf and they fly over the compound. Caitlin identifies two helicopters in the area and Hawke figures they are part of Kenneth's escort. They fly Airwolf over Kenneth Langhorn's limo who orders his helicopters to shoot it down. Both helicopters are shot down and after some of his bodyguards are killed, Kenneth runs to the plane that is supposed to fly him away. His suitcase full of money opens up and three police vehicles arrive and arrest Kenneth.