Blue Thunder is een special ontwikkelde helikopter. Hij wordt gebruikt voor politiewerk, maar is gewapend en ontworpen om objecten met precisie te volgen. De maker wil laten zien wat de heli kan, maar moet een LAPD-agent trainen om te vliegen en er zo voor te zorgen dat de politie met de heli kan opereren in de stad. Al gauw ontdekt de maker dat ze veel meer met de heli van plan zijn.
| Directing | John Badham | Director |
| Editing | Frank Morriss | Editor |
| Production | Gordon Carroll | Producer |
| Production | Phil Feldman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gregg Champion | Associate Producer |
| Production | Andrew Fogelson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | Mickey S. Michaels | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg LaCava | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Edward M. Abroms | Editor |
| Sound | Arthur B. Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Elsbree | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Dan O'Bannon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Don Jakoby | Screenplay |
| Art | Sydney Z. Litwack | Art Direction |
| Production | John G. Wilson | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Phil Rawlins | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Jerry Ziesmer | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daniel McCauley | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Chris Soldo | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Davies | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | James W. Gavin | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Terry Leonard | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Kevin G. Cremin | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Frank M. Holgate | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | Mike Ferris | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David B. Nowell | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Trish Kinney | Script Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Jeff Jarvis | Special Effects |
| Crew | Peter Albiez | Special Effects |
| Art | Catie Bangs | Set Designer |
| Art | Bernie Cutler | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Petko Kadiev | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Fred Tuch | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Larry C. Bird | Property Master |
| Art | Ken Zimmerman | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norman Burza | Costumer |
| Production | Pennie DuPont | Casting Assistant |
| Lighting | Stu Pohn | Gaffer |
| Camera | Bud Heller | Key Grip |
| Art | Al Litteken | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Rob Harland | Location Manager |
| Production | John James | Location Manager |
| Camera | Bruce W. Talamon | Still Photographer |
| Sound | John Glascock | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tim Cooney | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | William L. Manger | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Milton C. Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Scott Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | David M. Horton | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Arthur Ottinger | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Robert A. Reich | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Chester Slomka | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Larry Stensvold | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Calvin Brown | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Kevin P. Donnelly | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Calvin Brown | Utility Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marianna Elliott | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Crew | Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
