Please, for the love of God, don't confuse this game with the American release of Airwolf, the horrible Acclaim “game” that involves you spinning your first-person-view cockpit around in circles and being attacked by spheres of varying color. Totally different game here.
This one is, pretty much, a sidescrolling shooter. Whee. Airwolf is different from other shooters in that, uhh… well, your weapons really suck. And at your basic power level, you can only have one on-screen at a time! Too much crazy NES fun! Then at the end of a level you fight some kind of first-person boss fight, or something.