Plot: The Soviets have developed the MiG-31, a fighter that flies at six times the speed of sound, is invulnerable to radar, and worst of all, has a lethally sophisticated weapons system that the pilot can control through thought impulses. As soon as the pilot detects a threat, either visually or on a scope, his thought impulses will direct a missile to that threat, without so much as pushing a button. Mass production of the MiG-31 will give the Russians a huge advantage. Vietnam veteran Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood), a former U.S. Air Force ace pilot, is smuggled into the U.S.S.R. to infiltrate the Russian airbase at Bilyarsk, where the Firefox/MiG-31 is being finished, and steal the Firefox. Gant manages to overpower Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Voskov (Kai Wulff), the Russian test pilot, and steal the aircraft, just as the U.S.S.R.'s First Secretary (Stefan Schnabel) arrives at the base. Now Gant will run the gauntlet of Russian defenses, land-based missiles, Naval warships, and helicopters, and reach a refuelling point from a U.S. Navy submarine. But the Russians still have a trump card, a prototype MiG-31, and they send it up in pursuit of Gant after he completes refuelling. What follows is a harrowing, cat-and-mouse chase across the ice floes of the Arctic. Who will survive?
Alternative Plot: Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran American pilot who becomes involved in a top-secret mission to steal a high-tech Russian fighter plane known as "Firefox." Covertly entering the Soviet Union, Gant receives help from dissidents within the country, most notably a group of scientists who have been working on the plane. As Gant reaches his goal of heisting the aircraft, enemy pilots are quick to follow, leading to a sequence of soaring dogfights as he attempts to elude Soviet jets.
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