The "mind control" chip being implanted in Jason was actually nothing more than a Texas Instruments TIL305 which is an alphanumeric LED display and actually would have nothing to do with mind control, but rather show lit up numbers and letters for a calculator.
Footage of Airwolf attacking the building in the first few minutes of the first episode is reused for Airwolf attacking the Ridgemont Institute. Most telling is that there are windows in the reused footage and then there are no windows in the footage of the Ridgemont Institute control room.