Shawn Axelrod, a 39 year old Navy Commander fighter test pilot, is literally cut in half during a crash in an experimental airplane, but lives long enough to give permission to a new surgery that could give him another chance at life. He wakes up and finds himself with the body of a 21 year old Marine helicopter mechanic. A female mechanic Shawn, now called Shawna, also known by the call sign "Axeman," or "Axe," copes with the radical change in his, her, life and having to prove she is still just as capable as she was as a male. Her journey back into service finds her facing the same Russian...