Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II (also titled Iron Eagle II: The Battle Beyond the Flag) is a 1988 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Furie and Kevin Alyn Elders. It is the first sequel to the 1986 film Iron Eagle, with Louis Gossett Jr. reprising his role as Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, alongside newcomers Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Maury Chaykin, Alan Scarfe, Colm Feore, and Clark Johnson. An uncredited Jason Gedrick also returns as ace pilot Doug Masters in the film's opening scene.
Plot
While on a routine patrol in United States airspace west of Alaska, pilots Doug "Thumper" Masters and Matt "Cobra" Cooper test the g-forces of their F-16C fighter aircraft. Their antics get them carried away, and they stray over Soviet airspace. As they are being escorted back into U.S. airspace, one of the Soviet fighters locks onto Doug, resulting in a dogfight where Matt loses control of his plane and is too late to save Doug, who is shot down by the Soviets. The next day, the U.S. Secretary of Defense publicly denies the incident, claiming a training accident caused by a fuel system malfunction killed Doug.
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author | Kevin Alyn Elders Sidney J. Furie |
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contentLocation | Arizona |
director | Sidney J. Furie |
editor | Rit Wallis |
events | aviation |
genre | action |
keywords | air force alaska apc armoured personnel carrier begin brief brigadier general cancel claim claustrophobia doom f-16c female pilot fly follow g-force ground israel kill middle east military base military operation moscow national museum of the united states air force nuclear arms nuclear weapons outnumber sam secretary of defense soviet soviet union surface-to-air missile training exercise u.s. secretary of defense united states united states air force museum united states secretary of defense |
musicBy | Amin Bhatia |
producer | John Kemeny |
productionCompany | Alliance Films Carolco Pictures |
publisher | TriStar Pictures |