- HD 1080
- Runtime: 117m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: Canada, Israel, United States of America
- Director: Sidney J. Furie
- Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott
- keywords: rescue, government, airplane, general, parent child relationship, dictator, missile, cold war, patriotism, pilot, u.s. air force, colonel, aerial combat, execution, desert, radical, oil refinery, behind enemy lines, military, air force base, warplane
- Production_studio: TriStar Pictures, Delphi Films, Falcon's Flight
- Slogan: Break the sound barrier.
- The Iron Eagle is featured in the top rankings of 1986
- #64 in Top Action Movies of 1986
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.