Blue Thunder is a 1983 American action thriller film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Gordon Carroll, Phil Feldman, and Andrew Fogelson and directed by John Badham. The film features a high-tech helicopter of the same name and stars Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, and Malcolm McDowell. Plot: Frank Murphy is a Metropolitan Police Department air support division pilot and troubled Vietnam War veteran with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His newly assigned observer

Blue Thunder, an American action drama series, aired on ABC from January 6 to April 16, 1984. Based on the 1983 movie, the series features the advanced Blue Thunder helicopter operated by a four-person LAPD Air Support Division team, partially overseen by the fictional federal agency APEX. The helicopter, a converted Aérospatiale Gazelle, and stock footage from the film were prominently used. A ground unit called "Rolling Thunder" supported the helicopter, featuring a large van and an off-road v