The development of a phenomenal Russian fighter plane has the Western secret services in a tizzy. The MIG 32 flies at six times the speed of sound, evades any radar system and reacts to the pilot's thought impulses. If this super weapon, codenamed Firefox, is mass-produced, the NATO alliance will be years behind. So this wonder bird must be hijacked to the West. Former test pilot Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood) is the only one who is up for the job. In a race against the Russian secret service KGB, he risks his life more than once.