Tactical Assault
Tactical Assault is a 1998 action film directed by Mark Griffiths, written by David Golden, and starring Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser and Dey Young. Plot. Colonel Lee 'Tiger' Banning (Robert Patrick) and Captain John "Doc" Holiday (Rutger Hauer) are fighter pilots who get involved in a deadly shootout in the Iraqi no-fly zone in 1990. Doc intends to shoot down a commercial airliner, when Lee shoots Doc down. Doc is captured, and Lee covers up his actions by reporting that Doc was shot down by an Iraqi Air Force fighter and Lee's missing missile  was shot at the Iraqis but missed its target. After Doc's release, the two men are assigned to NATO duty during the Bosnian War but, as the now famed Lee discovers, Doc blames him for his imprisonment and intends to destroy Lee's life. Meanwhile, Lee's pregnant wife Jennifer goes to a replacement Doctor Liebermann, who is actually Doc in disguise. An Air Force psychiatrist, Dr. Baxter, is assigned to Doc. Lee raises concerns about Doc's mental stability. Doc continues to haunt Lee. He also disables Lee's missiles during a crucial flight into enemy territory, causing  the loss of a ground-attack aircraft. The two men have a fight, after which a distraught Lee comes home and tells his wife the truth. Doc meanwhile strangles Baxter and kills Jennifer's bodyguard while she is at home, in an attempt to kill the Bannings. The Bannings escape on Lee's Jeep CJ and are chased by Doc in a T-72 tank, which Lee destroys using an RPG. However, Doc survives and joins Lee's combat flight the next day, disguised as Lee's wingman. He attacks Lee in the air and Jennifer in the NATO HQ. However , they both survive and Doc is successfully downed by Lee. In the final scene, Lee holds their newborn baby, General, while Jennifer takes a picture.