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.
| Production | Phil Feldman | Executive Producer |
| Directing | John Badham | Director |
| Production | Gordon Carroll | Producer |
| Editing | Frank Morriss | Editor |
| Directing | Terry Leonard | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | David B. Nowell | Camera Operator |
| Production | Phil Rawlins | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Chris Soldo | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Fred Tuch | Production Illustrator |
| Production | John G. Wilson | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Frank M. Holgate | Aerial Camera |
| Directing | Daniel McCauley | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Stu Pohn | Gaffer |
| Directing | James W. Gavin | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Rob Harland | Location Manager |
| Writing | Dan O'Bannon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Don Jakoby | Screenplay |
| Art | Sydney Z. Litwack | Art Direction |
| Directing | Tom Davies | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Trish Kinney | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Catie Bangs | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norman Burza | Costumer |
| Directing | Jerry Ziesmer | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Larry C. Bird | Property Master |
| Production | Pennie DuPont | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Mike Ferris | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Kevin G. Cremin | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Art | Petko Kadiev | Production Illustrator |
| Camera | Bud Heller | Key Grip |
| Production | John James | Location Manager |
| Sound | Scott Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Jeff Jarvis | Special Effects |
| Sound | Robert A. Reich | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Milton C. Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Bernie Cutler | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Ken Zimmerman | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | John Glascock | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tim Cooney | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | William L. Manger | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Arthur Ottinger | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Larry Stensvold | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Kevin P. Donnelly | Stunt Double |
| Sound | David Horton Sr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Calvin Brown | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Albiez | Special Effects |
| Art | Al Litteken | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Bruce W. Talamon | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Chester Slomka | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Crew | Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marianna Elliott | Costume Designer |
| Production | Andrew Fogelson | Executive Producer |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg LaCava | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Elsbree | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Arthur B. Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Edward M. Abroms | Editor |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Production | Gregg Champion | Associate Producer |
| Art | Mickey S. Michaels | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
