Pensacola: Wings of Gold

1. Yesterday, Upon the Stair... (1)

Sep 15, 1997

After Col. Ballinger is injured during a traing exercise, Lt. Colonel Bill Kelly, a pilot, asked to take command of the Sea Dragons by Col. Rebecca Hodges. It is a four person team including First Lt. Robert/Bobby Griffin, a jet pilot; First Lt. Annalisa/ Analise Linstrom, a helicopter Huey pilot, First Lt. Wendell McCrae/McCray, a computer and electronics specialist and First Lt. A.J. Conoway/ Conaway an explosives expert.''''Their first mission is to save a DEA plane whose pilot has been injured in Central/South America. Meanwhile Bobby has started romancing Jeanine/Janine who is Kelly's daughter.

2. Yesterday, Upon the Stair... (2)

Sep 22, 1997

The druglord, Ramon Toledo, captured in the previous episode has a deal. He will receive an operation and a kidney from his brother, Miguel in return for information. This upsets Kelly, whose complaints, in turn, upset Dr. Valerie West. But the druglord has a hidden agenda. He has his brother's wife and children kidnapped so he can force his brother to help him escape. Bobby, who is in the hospital, from a minor volleyball injury, suspects something but has nothing concrete. Kelly goes with the team to a bar, the Tailwind, and discovers Janine is working there and sees that she is dating Bobby who is brawling with a guy who harassed Janine. Bobby learns who Janine's father is. The druglord sends Kelly and his team on a one way mission to rescue two DEA agents while he escapes with his brother and Valerie as hostages. It is up to Kelly and the Sea Dragons to survive and set things right.

3. Freebird

Sep 29, 1997

When a pilot and his plane disappear with an experimental stealth device, he is suspected of being involved with a militia group.

4. It's the Real Thing, Baby

Oct 6, 1997

A redhead, who made a pass at Bobby, drugs and murders a Strike Team Cobra for his security pass. She is part of a group of robbers impersonating Cobras who are stealing guidance plans. The Sea Dragons, who are unarmed, discover that their exercise has turned real when the robbers murder a guard. Also Linstrom has a date, Craig, and Janine goes out with Randy after seeing the redhead kiss Bobby.

5. Fallout

Oct 13, 1997

The Sea Dragons are called upon when an African ambassador is suspected of stealing plutonium.

6. Birds of Prey

Oct 20, 1997

Conaway, Lindstrom and a third marine are hijacked by two men who have gambling debts. Conaway is shot and falls out of the helicopter and the others land on a small island. The third Marine is badly wounded but Conaway's wound is minor and he swims to the island and gets one of the hijacker's guns. However the criminal whom the hijackers owe arrives. Meanwhile Kelly, Griffin and McCrae are evaluating equipment from a sales representative whom Griffin romances. Griffin turns down her pass, however. The equipment may prove useful when they discover the others are missing and try to go on rescue mission.

7. Road Warriors

Oct 27, 1997

The Sea Dragons try to protect two foreign dignitaries from assassination on their way to peace talks.

8. Grey Ghost

Nov 3, 1997

The Sea Dragons try to stop a biological weapon, a virus called the Grey Ghost, from being sold by arms dealers. Janine starts seeing an old boyfriend, Zach, because Bobby keeps breaking their dates for work reasons.

9. Past Sins

Nov 10, 1997

A man in Kelly's Vietnam unit is burned. It seems to have something to do with the accidental bombing of a village in which 30 or 40 civilians were killed. Kelly was in the hospital during the day of the raid. The operations officer, Joe Damian, got the coordinates wrong, and was tried, but considers himself a scapegoat. Kelly talks to another man from the unit, ""Jer"" Jeremy Britt who winds up dead from a car bomb. Kelly gets a photo of the bombing which is a threat that he is next. Janine's romance with Zach is interupted when Bobby happily horns in using the excuse that he is her bodyguard.

10. Bogey Man

Nov 17, 1997

The Sea Dragons are sent to Korea to try and help get a defector across the border. Kelly's budding romance with Dr. West is interupted by the reassignment. Kelly decides to help Tomlin, a former navy man whose daughter is missing (she is being held prisoner by a nightclub.) McCray tries to romance a translator teaching him Korean. Robert finds out the woman running the nightclub is being tipped off by a pilot, Fingers, whom they thought was helping them. After they finish their mission the Sea Dragons rescue the girl too.

11. Acceptable Casualties

Nov 24, 1997

When a sheriff comes by investigating a former member of the Sea Dragons who washed out and his possible link to attempted shootings, the team takes leave to investigate. And Kelly seeks more parenting help from Dr. West.

12. Company Town

Jan 5, 1998

The SeaDragons are sent in civilian clothing to investigate who hacked into a military computer. The ""company town"" they are sent to employs computer programmers and is developing software for the government. A.J. and AnnaLise kiss, albeit undercover. (As part of a cover story when they are discovered where they shouldn't be.)

13. Trials and Tribulations

Jan 12, 1998

During a rescue mission one of the pow's is killed and with his dying words he accuses Linstrom. She is placed on trial. Bobby dates a woman he met on the beach and spends the night with her. By the end of the episode AJ and Annalisa are necking.

14. Soldiers of Misfortune

Jan 19, 1998

The Sea Dragons are sent to rescue hostages in a Carribean nation but their efforts are endangered when a billionaire, whose daughter is one of the hostages, sends in a team of mercenaries to launch a frontal assault.

15. Power Play

Jan 26, 1998

A test pilot, Peter Allenson, has problems during the testing of a new missle firing system. When the problems go unreported he warns Bobby who is about to test the system and he dies in a hit and run accident. Is there a problem with the system? Was Allenson murdered? The team investigates. Meanwhile Janine finds herself upset that her father is dating Valerie.

16. Game, Set and Match

Feb 2, 1998

A.J. helps a pretty woman, Rita Garcia, by preventing her purse from being snatched. Then he finds the Naval Criminal Investigation Service suspects him of espionage. Meanwhile Bobby is competing against other pilots, including ""Hammer,"" for an instructor position.

17. Lost Shipment

Apr 20, 1998

Agent Catarez asks for the Sea Dragons' help in dealing with an arms dealer, Javier Nuñez (Nunez) entering the U.S. illegally. The arms dealer escapes but Bobby's father, Robert Griffin, is captured and was assisting him. Bobby tries to convince his father to help them.

18. We Are Not Alone

Apr 27, 1998

A top secret experimental weapon that is missing from a USAF plane is found by a boy, Casey. The Sea Dragons are sent to recover the weapon but someone else is also looking for it. In their personal lives Janine goes apartment hunting and A.J. interferes when Annalisa flirts with a guy.

19. Stranger, Lover, Friend

May 4, 1998

After a bird shatters the canopy of his jet, Griffin is injured both physically and emotionally, and may be permanently grounded.

20. Great Expectations

May 11, 1998

In San Diego for a convention, the Sea Dragons must prevent the deranged Maj. Egan from stealing a laser weapon and taking vengeance against those he believes responsible for the deaths of his men.

21. Broken Wings

May 18, 1998

While patrolling the no fly zone in Iraq, Kelly is shot down with Griffin in the back seat. While they try to avoid capture, the other Sea Dragons are frustrated in their attempts to help join the search and rescue. Back home Dr. Valerie West tries to reassure Janine.

22. Not in My Back Yard

May 25, 1998

After Seaton Palmer, an Irish terrorist with the R.F.I. is captured with nerve gas, Kelly and the Sea Dragons investigate. Annalisa Lindstrom and A.J. Conaway try going on a date. At the end of the episode Kelly is trying to decide which member of the team to let go due to budget cutbacks.

1. Nuggets

Sep 7, 1998

Kelly is assigned to train neophyte jet pilots (Nuggets). Hammer, his second in command; Kate, a bar owner; and three nuggets, Burner, Ice and Spoon are introduced.

2. Burn Out

Sep 14, 1998

Ice takes her first flight with Kelly/Raider as her I.P. (Instructor Pilot) in the backseat. Burner is grounded by Hammer for losing his temper when a snob hits his motorcycle but ultimately proves himself and takes his first flight with Hammer as his I.P. Spoon's father, T.H., visits. He surprises Spoon with a girlfriend who is about 2 years younger than Spoon. Spoon is very rude to her. However the sparks fly when T.H. takes business meetings and the two spend the day together.

3. Solo Flight

Sep 21, 1998

Ice's plane has a major mechanical problem during her first solo flight and her confidence is shaken, Burner is covers up a water jet ski injury so he won't be grounded until he is 100% healthy and Spoon and his father's girlfriend, Teri, start falling for each other when they spend time together.

4. S.O.D.

Sep 28, 1998

Spoon and Teri start an affair. Breaker does not get a S.O.D. for extremely bad flying and then Spoon, thinking about Teri, gets a S.O.D. for approaching the wrong runway, causing friction. A reporter does a negative story about the treatment of female pilots. Burner talks Teri into staying away from Spoon while she thinks things over instead of staying with him.

5. Stand Down

Oct 5, 1998

Breaker's plane suffers a hydraulic failure and she dies trying to land the plane.

6. Raid on Osirak

Oct 12, 1998

While Hammer and Kelly go on a top secret mission, Burner and Spoon find they have their hands full when they try to look after Kelly's ostensibly prim and proper niece. (It is revealed that Hammer was briefly a P.O.W. during the Gulf War.)

7. Boom

Oct 19, 1998

Burner may lose his wings for causing a sonic boom while showing off for two women. Also Kate may lose her bar when an underage woman is found with a drink.

8. The Red Baron

Oct 26, 1998

A hot shot German pilot shows off and annoys Burner, scares Spoon with his (off screen) reckless driving and romances Ice. But he has a problem which may ground him. Also Spoon gets the wrong idea when Kate asks him probing questions to plan a surprise birthday party for him.

9. Vertigo

Nov 2, 1998

A young man shows up at the Bucket and informs Hammer that he is his son and that his mother has died. The Nuggets train to fly using instrumentation only because at night or in clouds after making high gee moves they can get vertigo and become disoriented. Burner and Spoon volunteer to become judges at a ""talent contest"" (Miss Pensacola).

10. Wild, Wild West

Nov 9, 1998

The Nuggets go to Fallon Air Base to learn low level bombing, where a shifty Lt. Colonel makes trouble for them. Spoon is doubtful when told he is jinxed after breaking an Indian artifact. Burner falls for a woman whose abusive boyfriend turns out to also be her boss. An old friend lodges a complaint against Kelly.

11. Class Strike

Nov 16, 1998

High-scoring Ice is made Strike Leader for a fiercely competitive bombing exercise against missle and fighter defenses. Spoon is attracted to Gunslinger, a pretty blonde operator of missle defenses. Jackal, still angling to obtain Kelly's command, intends to cheat during the Class Strike. And things escalate personally for Burner as he continues his attempts to help the woman with the abusive boyfriend.

12. Blue Angel

Jan 30, 1999

A former Blue Angel leader is now recruiting and he offers Hammer a position on the Blue Angels. He also begins a romance with Kate. Burner and Spoon try to play matchmaker between Kate and Kelly. Meanwhile a retired general who is a fan of Teddy Roosevelt drops by and takes the unit on a fifty mile march with full gear.

13. Lost

Feb 7, 1999

During a community relations day, a orphaned boy living with his aunt is kidnapped for ransom.

14. Mishap

Feb 14, 1999

Ice's mother shows up without calling and arranges a date with Col. Kelly, not knowing that he is Ice's commanding officer. A private propeller plane strays into military airspace and crashes when Spoon flies too close to it. Spoon is put through the wringer in the subsequent ""Mishap investigation.""

15. Fox Two

Feb 21, 1999

Swamp has a loss of confidence both in his flying and when he tries to romance Holly ""of Hollywood."" Burner competes against a new instructor from Top Gun who can't accept losing even though instructors are supposed to be able hold back. Pearly, who was one of Hammer's trainers, is trying to requalify in order to take a fleet assignment, but he seems to have lost his skills.

16. Blue on Blue

Feb 28, 1999

A nugget, flying as wingman, shoots down his lead in simulated dogfighting (ACM / Air Combat Manuevering). This is called Blue on Blue. Two women seek Spoon's affections while two pilots pursue Ice.

17. Cuba Libre

Apr 15, 1999

Still in Key West. News reports have a boat with Cuban refugees being fired on by Castro's air force, a family whom the Nuggets are socializing with is directly affected, and a Cuban ace who met Kelly in the past is flying unusually close to the Nuggets training exercises. Also, Paddles has back trouble which may ground him.

18. Sortie

Apr 22, 1999

Burner meets and falls for a woman with a secret. Kelly and Hammer try to get recognition for a suicidal man who threw himself on a grenade while serving as a marine but lived while the people he tried to save died. Kelly asks Kate on a date? to the retirement party of a General. The Nuggets are evaluated as they go on a ""obstacle course"" (or sortie) ending with a bombing run.

19. Touch and Go

Apr 29, 1999

The nuggets practice touch and go landings before trying to land on a carrier, Spoon's father returns, a young acquaintance of Kelly's seeks romance with Ice and a sleep deprivation study needs participants.

20. C.Q.

May 6, 1999

Spoon's father comes by with bad news. The Nuggets head out to try landing on an aircraft carrier, a dangerous and difficult skill to master.

21. Night Traps

May 13, 1999

On the carrier, Kristi Blake, an actress planning to play a female pilot, studies and bunks with (and annoys) Ice. Spoon thinks of resigning. He confides in Ice about his father's cancer. Burner tries to argue Spoon out of resigning and learns that Spoon's father has cancer. Swamp is unable to make the trap (landing wires) at night and washes out. Burner's plane has a hydraulic problem and he is forced to try an emergency landing.

22. Rules of Engagement

May 20, 1999

Someone is trying to kill Kelly and Hammer. Both are shot at, apparently in reprisal for the events of the Raid on Osirak episode. Burner and Spoon compete for a prized spot on the ""Panthers"" while Ice seems to be getting passed over because she is a woman. Burner is the favorite to get the spot but he develops a medical condition which may ground him so Spoon may get the spot by default. The pilots perform in an final exhibition before receiving their duty assignments.

22. SOCEX: Final Exams

May 20, 2000

When fears of a terrorist attack cause a special exercise to be delayed, the assassin sneaks away and becomes a threat to Kelly and Hammer. Kate returns, considering another's marriage proposal when she gets no encouraging signs from Kelly. Spoon and Ice's relatonship heats up to the point that Kelly says one of them will have to be reassigned elsewhere.