Un pilota della marina statunitense piuttosto spericolato muore perché dopo aver intrapreso un volo rovesciato si schianta con il suo aerero dotato di un dispositivo di guida automatica. Nonostante la fama del pilota, suo carissimo amico, Harmon, che sta indagando, contro il parere di tutti sospetta un difetto nell'automatismo e non un errore umano. La situazione si complica quando appare che il defunto avesse una relazione extraconiugale con una collega, rimasta tra l'altro incinta in passato.

Ripetuti incidenti su degli F14 convincono i piloti della squadriglia di essere vittime del malocchio e che uno di loro in particolare è maledetto e pericoloso per gli altri. Harm dovrà sconfiggere le superstizioni per avere la meglio.

Annie Pendry, a widow, comes to Harm for help after her young son, Josh, witnessed a murder while on a class trip to Andrews Air Force Base. After Harm and Josh are the targets of a drive-by shooting, Harm moves Josh and Annie into his apartment -- and into his life. Harm discovers that the original crime and the drive-by shooting are tied to a ruthless international arms dealer, but not before Josh is kidnapped by the dealer in order to silence him as a witness.

Admiral Chegwidden investigates the apparent suicide of his mentor, Admiral Clancy, who allegedly shot himself while on a hunting trip with several friends. Chegwidden can't believe that his friend would kill himself, and discovers that someone else may have actually pulled the trigger.

When Harm takes young Josh on a weekend cruise for Navy families aboard the frigate, pleasure turns to fear when the ship is taken over by terrorists who intend to fire missiles at Cuba. After Josh and Harm manage to elude the terrorists, they try to contact authorities about the situation. But the plan goes awry when Harm is found out, and he then tries to strike a deal with the terrorists while also racing to foil the plot before the innocent civilians get hurt.