Guest stars Richard Herd and Reni Santoni both had recurring roles on the popular NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989). Herd played Mr. Wilhelm, while Santoni played Poppie.
During Shrader's theft of the helicopter, several soldiers are firing at it with seemingly no effect. But at the end when Walker fires a bazooka at it, the tail unit is damaged and it plummets to the ground.