Saint John
Background
Saint John Hawke is a Vietnam Veteran who served tour tours as a captain with the 1st Cavalry Division in Southeast Asia. Both of his parents died in a boating accident and he was taken in by Dominic. Saint John and his brother, Stringfellow Hawke, were on a mission in Vietnam when Saint John was left behind. His grandfather collected famous artwork for his grandmother. Saint John was once in a relationship with Ellie in Vietnam and he was good friends with Mace Taggart. His medals include a Purple Heart, Bronze Star with an oak leaf cluster and a Distinguished Flying Cross. He was rescued and joined the FIRM, but during Operation Storm Season, was captured by the Khmer Rouge along with Alexander Montrose.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 8 HX1 played by Christopher Connelly
Hawke and Mace Taggart have flashbacks to the time they were in Vietnam that involved Saint John.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 1 Blackjack played by Barry Van Dyke
In the Burma Highlands, St. John is sitting in his cell sharpening a bamboo stick when Ackroyd warns him that the guards are coming. The guards then take St. John and Ming Ho away. Colonel Bojard interrogates St. John about Airwolf and as St. John charges at Bojard, Burke hits him in the stomach. St. John is brought back to his cell and Ackroyd tells him he got his message out. Ackroyd tells him the people he sent the message to need proof it is really him and St. John gives him a ring. Later, Ming Ho thanks St. John for helping him and tells him Ackroyd is working with Bojard. St. John accuses Ackroyd of betraying him and Ackroyd pulls out a knife and attacks him. St. John stabs Ackroyd in the stomach and kills him and tries to escape, but is captured.
Bojard tells St. John about his plan to capture Airwolf, when Hawke comes to try and rescue St. John. Burke tells Bojard an aircraft is on its way. St. John tries to warn Airwolf away and escapes from his cell. St. John and Bojard fight hand to hand. St. John then stabs Bojard to death with a knife. He is picked up by Airwolf and then visits Hawke in the hospital. Hawke tells St. John about Dominic's death and then tells St. John he doesn't want to die in the hospital. Jason Locke, Jo Santini and Mike Rivers go back to the lair and Airwolf lands. St. John gets out and Locke recruits him to continue Hawke and Dominic's work.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 2 Escape played by Barry Van Dyke
Jo calls the lair and tells St. John she has the package and is on her way to Stockholm. Locke tells St. John and Mike that Jo's flight is being forced to land in Bulgaria and St. John and Mike get into Airwolf and take off. In West Berlin, Germany, St. John and Mike meet with Arkov and convince him to try and save Jo. Locke contacts St. John and tells him where Jo is located. Airwolf arrives at Stara Zagora Prison and starts shooting up the prison. Barracks Guard is shot and killed by Airwolf. Jo, Svetlana Linski and Taaja get into Airowlf, which then flies away. Back at Santini Air, Svetlana and Taaja thank the crew and Locke for saving them and Locke tells them their testimony will be given to Amnesty International to help shut down Stara Zagora Prison. Mike asks Svetlana to get him tickets to the next gymnastics competition and Svetlana hugs Jo.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 3 A Town for Hire played by Barry Van Dyke
St. John is flying a small plane as Jo flies a helicopter nearby as they test a new digital laser communication system. They start to race each other and Jo's helicopter is hit by a laser and crashes. St. John's plane is hit by another laser and as he is struggling to control it, he sees Jo's helicopter and Jo hanging halfway out of the cockpit window. St. John calls for help and then manages to land his plane. He is helped from his plane and taken to Santa Mira Hospital. Dr. Tracy Kinsington and Dr. Kinsington go into St. John's room where Sheriff Lou is already besides St. John's bed. St. John demands they look for Jo and Sheriff Lou tells him, he will drive him to the crash site. St. John and Sheriff Lou arrive at Jo's crash site, but there is no sign of a crash. St. John demands to be taken to where his plane is.
St. John finds his plane being worked on by mechanics and Martin Lundahl introduces himself. Lundahl tells St. John his plane won't be ready to fly for a couple of days and St. John angrily storms away. He asks Receptionist if he can use the phone. As St. John is talking to Mike, the call ends. He tells the Receptionist the phone is dead and she tells them the lines are being worked on and it could take a couple of days before they are working again. Sheriff Lou tells Dr. Kinsington to find an excuse to hold St. John at the hospital. St. John tries to rent a car from Hank Nelson, but Hank tells him there is nothing to rent or buy. Tracy sees St. John and asks him if he is doing okay. He tells her he needs to find Jo and she agrees to drive him around. They go back to the crash site and St. John notices evidence of a crash and finds one of her sunglasses pieces. Deputy Baker, who was watching them, tries to ram their vehicle off the road, but St. John forces him to crash his car, which then explodes. St. John and Tracy walk into a bar and St. John tells Sheriff Lou about Deputy Baker's crash. He asks Dr. Kinsington where Jo is and Dr. Kinsington brings him and Tracy outside and they leave in Tracy's car.
Dr. Kinsington takes Tracy and St. John to Jo, who is injured, but kept hidden by Dr. Kinsington. As they are taking Jo to the car, Sheriff Lou and Hank pull up and take them hostage. They are driven to the Lundahl Industries building and Sheriff Lou takes them to Lundahl. Lundahl tells Sheriff Lou to kill them. Mike starts shooting at Lundahl and the guards and St. John manages to take away Hank's rifle and knocks Sheriff Lou into a fire and Sheriff Lou burns to death. Locke blows the buildings doors open and St. John and the others drive out in Sheriff Lou's vehicle. Hank starts shooing at Airwolf and Lundahl tries to use the laser cannon on Airwolf. Locke fires rockets into the building, but Airwolf is hit. He starts to lose power, but switches to manual override and fires a rocket at Hank and Lundahl, killing them. He lands Airwolf and flies away with the others. Back at the hospital, Dr. Kinsington tells St. John and Jo he is staying in town and Tracy tells them she is staying too.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 4 Salvage played by Barry Van Dyke
St. John and Mike are training in Airwolf when Locke radios them and tells them Lorrie Grant contacted him. They return to base and pack for a trip to Devil's Ridge and before leaving, Jo suggests they bring Lorrie back this time. Mike and St. John argue over making Lorrie come with them. St. John walks in to the bar and walks Lorrie out of the bar and Mike says hello to her. St. John and Mike drop Lorrie off at her house and she tells them she isn't seeing things this time and what she is seeing is real in the old Native American burial ground. She notices they don't believe her and she demands they take the necklace Charlie Rising Moon gave her and to ask him what he saw. St. John and Mike go to see Charlie and give him the necklace and he suggests Lorrie leave for her own safety. The next day, Mike and St. John visit Lorrie at Devil's Ridge Hospital and she asks them if she saw Charlie or animal tracks. St. John and Mike fly over the area and as they are flying over the mine they take a few photos.
St. John calls Locke and tells him, Lorrie was arrested for stealing a car. Sheriff Hanley warns St. John that the next time Lorrie is arrested, he will have her committed. St. John develops the photos they took and notices something in the photos they took of the mine. He returns to Lorrie's house and finds Mike and Lorrie gone. He sees Charlie in the woods and chases after him and catches him. Charlie tells him they took Mike and Lorrie to the sacred burial ground and takes St. John there. Charlie thinks it was demons that took Mike and Lorrie and St. John has him take him to the mine. In the morning, St. John and Charlie break into the mine. St. John and Charlie see the experimental helicopter called Scorpion which had disappeared after crashing. St. John kills Nokomo by kicking him over a railing while Charlie shoots the guards. St. John frees Mike and Lorrie and they escape with Charlie in Bronson's jeep. Strafe starts shooting at them and they abandon the jeep and hide among the rocks near a creek. Charlie is hit with a laser fired by the Scorpion in the stomach. Locke and Jo arrive in Airwolf and get into a fight with Strafe and shoot the Scorpion out of the sky. Afterwards, Locke tells Lorrie that she can rejoin the FIRM. St. John, Mike, Locke and Lorrie then go to visit Charlie in the hospital.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 5 Windows played by Barry Van Dyke
St. John and Locke are pulling surveillance on Phillip Devereau in a car, while Mike is pulling surveillance in Airwolf. Locke tells Rivers that Devereau is carrying a circuit board for the satellite that will be used in an upcoming space shuttle launch. Uri Tatloff walks up to Devereau and then after shaking hands walks off. St. John follows Tatloff while Mike follows Devereau. St. John grabs Tatloff and puts him in the car with Locke. St. John and Locke bring Tatloff to the Soviet Embassy and he tells them Devereau is working with someone in the same apartment building. He promises to tell them who if they take him to their office, but is shot dead by Fireman/Sniper. While they are watching him, St. John notices Devereau keeps on looking at his watch.
St. John and Locke try looking up information on Ann Delaney, but come up with nothing. The bomb explodes and everyone runs out of the apartment complex. Jo tells the others the device is picking up something and St. John goes to help her. An ultrasonic sound emits from somewhere and Hannah Molner collapses to the ground from a heart attack. A Paramedic comes over and works on Hannah. Hannah is put on a stretcher and St. John notices the Fireman/Sniper is acting suspicious. Information comes from Interpol with data on Ann revealing her to be a freelance agent. St. John, Jo and Locke go to Ann's apartment and find it empty. As Ann is trying to escape with Eric and "Oscar" the Dog, Eric and Oscar run away. Mike sees them and tells the others where she is at. Oscar bites Ann as she is about to shoot Locke and she is grabbed by St. John. Eric gives Locke the circuit board and the space mission proceeds.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 6 A Piece of Cake played by Barry Van Dyke
St. John and Mike are in Airwolf following behind a jet fighter. Mike contacts Jo, who is monitoring their modem feed at Santini Air. Air traffic control notifies the pilot that he is being followed and he turns around and orders Airwolf to identify themselves and they fly off. While he is taking Bobby and other troubled youth out for a hike, Mike calls St. John and Locke and tells them he was shot and Bobby and Jo were kidnapped by Max. St. John and Locke get into Airwolf and take off. When they arrive at the cabin Jo was taken to, Marco gets into a jeep and starts shooting at Airwolf. Marco's jeep is shot by Airwolf and as he gets out, the briefcase explodes when it is hit by a round from Airwolf, killing him. Back at Santini Air, Jo is teaching Bobby how to maintain helicopters as Mike milks his injury. Susan walks in and is surprised Bobby is working. As Mike starts telling another make believe story, everyone slowly walks away.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 7 Deathtrain played by Barry Van Dyke
St. John, Locke, Mike and Jo arrive in a military jeep at a train depot. Two cars drive up, one American and one Soviet. Locke spots Gregori Nobokov stepping out of the Soviet vehicle and he and Locke go inside a train car holding a nerve gas, after receiving a key card. The train starts and St. John, Jo and Mike get into Airwolf. Lt. Walters drives his jeep up to checkpoint 1 and contacts Airwolf. St. John is told they can leave now, and Airwolf continues on the path of the train. The surveillance helicopter tries to contact the train, but gets no response. The surveillance helicopter pilot sees the dead engineer in the decoy train and contacts Airwolf. Airwolf catches up with the decoy train and as Mike is about to rappel onto the train a bomb goes off, destroying the train. Mike and Jo scan the area and tell St. John that the area is clear of gas. St. John decides to head back to checkpoint 2. Jo finds the train in the tunnel and Mike homes in on the canister locks. St. John gets out of Airwolf to try and rescue Locke. St. John sneaks into the mountain and shoots Colonel David Randolph dead and Locke takes Randolph's gun and shoots Jenson dead. Locke grabs Nobokov and he and St. John escape from the mountain as it explodes.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 8 Code of Silence played by Barry Van Dyke
Jalapa, Honduras, St. John and Locke, in Airwolf are supporting Colonel Coombs and his team in their mission to rescue Reynolds, the ambassador to Colombia, who was kidnapped by guerrillas. Briggs contacts Coombs and tells him that the ambassador has been secured and is ready for extraction. While the operation is taking place, a combat Photographer records the mission. Airwolf successfully retrieves Reynolds and while the team is heading to the rally point, Coombs' helicopter is hit by small arms fire and he veers into Brad Lacey's helicopter which then crashes. The photographer is also shot and drops the camera into the jungle below. Back at C.O.M.B.A.T. headquarters, Coombs is brought up on charges of murder for the death of Lacey. He asks St. John to represent him during his court martial. St. John, Mike and Jo go to Brad Lacey's funeral and afterwards, General Lacey asks St. John to defend Coombs. St. John meets Captain Parkinson, who is also part of Coombs defense team and they speak with Gen. Danford who introduces them to Locke, who will be prosecuting the case.
Later, St. John and Locke argue about the case. He and Parkinson go to Lydia's Bar to discuss their strategy. The Waitress gives them beer compliments of Lidia. Capt. Thompson and Lt. Jennings walk into the bar and order beer and Parkinson tells Thompson and Jennings that she wants them in her office on Sunday. Thompson tries to punch St. John, when St. John criticizes his behavior and is forced to leave the bar by Lidia. The trial begins and the Photographer is the first to take the stand and he testifies there was no reason for Coombs to crash into Lacey's helicopter. St. John asks Mike and Jo to recover the camera in the jungle. Thompson is the next to take the stand and he tells the court that Coombs' hard left maneuver was not standard operating procedure. Jennings is next up and he says that Coombs running into Lacey's helicopter seemed intentional. He then tells the court he and some others overheard Coombs and Lacey arguing over something and Coombs threatened to kill Lacey. Parkinson admits to St. John that she thinks Coombs is guilty and he tells her, he thinks Coombs might be protecting Lacey.
They go to Lacey's living quarters and while searching it, Mendoza sneaks out of a closet, shoves Parkinson and runs out. St. John captures Mendoza and Mendoza is questioned. General Lacey is called as a witness by St. John. General Lacey tells the court that Coombs strives under pressure and says Lacey had his ups and downs, but was turning into a better person. Lidia tells St. John and Parkinson that Coombs was tough on his men, and that Thompson and Jennings believed it was their mission to remove those like Lacey from the ranks. St. John and Parkinson go back to Lacey's quarters. St. John notices the sink is stopped up even though the stopper is not plugged in. He removes a portion of the drain pipe and finds a Top Secret file with information on Operation: The Ring. As St. John and Parkinson are leaving, Locke pulls up and tells them Coombs has escaped in a helicopter. St. John and Mike get into Airwolf and chase after Coombs, who is heading towards Twentynine Palms Missile Range. St. John convinces Coombs to land after both of them narrowly avoid being blown up. Mike and Jo show St. John bullets embedded in Coombs' helicopter and St. John asks Mike to run them through ballistics. He shows the court the video with an enhancement that shows Coombs took fire from Thompson's helicopter while he was trying to protect Lacey. He then accuses Thompson and the rest of the team, except Coombs, of planning to kill Lacey when they found out he was a traitor. Thompson finally admits to it and the trial ends. St. John and Locke walk to get a beer and as they are walking, Coombs salutes St. John.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 4 Episode 9 Stavograd Part 1 played by Barry Van Dyke
St. John, Jo and Mike are test firing weapons in Airwolf as Locke is monitoring them in the lair. Locke tells them NORAD has requested they check on a reading it picked up with high radiation. They fly there and pick up large amounts of radiation and Locke tells them the location matches Stavograd Nuclear Facility within the Taimyr region of the USSR. Locke gives St. John the details on Stavograd and St. John decides to head to Stavograd. Locke calls St. John and tells him to return to United States territory. Two MiG jets confront Airwolf and Uri Kolcheski orders the crew of Airwolf to land. After St. John refuses, Kolcheski starts firing on Airwolf, but St. John tells Rivers not to return fire. After landing, Airwolf is brought into a hangar and the crew is met by Arkov. Rivers argues that they are there to help and Commander Kirov suggests a Soviet pilot use Airwolf to fly into the reactor. Kolcheski offers to fly Airwolf, but Jo refuses.
Kirov brings the Airwolf crew to meet Alexandria Rostov and asks where Dr. Vladimir Bronski is. Kirov's Aide stays behind while Kirov, Rostov and the Airwolf crew return to Airwolf. Jo is forced to stay behind as Rostov goes in her place. St. John updates Locke on the situation. Rostov tells St. John the reactor is going into meltdown and they drop a harness to Bronski. The reactor explodes and Bronski is taken to the clinic. Arkov accuses St. John and Rivers of sending classified data. The crew of Airwolf is detained, but break out of the room they were put in. Kirov's Aide discover St. John, Jo and Mike gone and find them donating blood for the injured mitigation team members. They are detained once more and Kirov updates Dimitrievich on the deteriorating situation.