A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army was made to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. A number of attempts to attack the cartel's mountainous compound are thwarted with a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted with way of a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having aircraft most especially a pair of UH--their AH and 60 Black Hawks --inch Cobra escorts, the army turns to the AH--64 Apache attack helicopter, that will match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.