This is one of those movies I remember watching when I was a kid on HBO on a Friday night. The most interesting thing about this movie is that back in the early 80's a pilot-less plane seemed like such a far-fetched idea; and now we have Raptors/Predators and all kinds of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle). So this movie was quite ahead of its time!
I'm not going to say that this movie has a lot of great acting & huge plot twists; it doesn't. What it does have is some great classic political over-tones, fantastic array of weaponry/planes and some great comical actors.
This is one of those movies I can take off my rack at any time & pop it in and watch it all the way through.