Continuity mistake: John "Hannibal" Smith's rank changes from to Colonel to Lieutenant Colonel in different shows. In some of the early episodes we see him in uniform as Lt. Col. but in later episodes such as when they are on trial, Smith is wearing the rank of Full Colonel.
Continuity mistake: When the team is escaping with Al, BA swipes a truck. After loading everyone in, he puts a pin in to hold the gate on the driver's side. When they meet up with Face & Murdock at the helicopter, Hannibal jumps out, pulls one pin from the passenger's side, and the gate swings down.
Continuity mistake: After Hannibal tosses the grenade that flips the jeep, if you look closely, the man in the back end of the truck is wearing a white hat. When the camera is close up on Hannibal, he's not wearing a hat.
The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: As the chopper that is piloted by Murdock comes down over and behind the thug's car, you can see the the man in the left seat has a ball cap and brown jacket on, but the man in the right seat has a dark sweater, shades, and headphones on. In the close up, it's Murdock and the Professor.
The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: As Hannibal tosses the gun to Murdock, he's holding his cigar in his left hand just below chest level. After the cut to a close up, it's suddenly in his right hand just below chin level.
The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: In the motel room, Hannibal has a cigar that disappears and reappears between cuts to the rest of the cast.
Continuity mistake: When Face starts tailing the black limo, the limo's tag is 55J-DKE. When it pulls up in the neighborhood, the tag is 62N-BHT.
Continuity mistake: In the Sugar Hill Club, as Hannibal confronts East Side Charlie, the neck of the bottle on Charlie's table goes from showing above the red napkin to hidden and back several times.
Continuity mistake: When the A-Team visits the bad guys' Sugar Hill Club, after shooting the place up and dumping the garbage truck, BA gets out of the garbage truck leaving the door open, the next shot the door is closed, the next shot the door is open and closes, and for the final shot as they exit it's open.
West Coast Turnaround - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: The trailer on the semi that Murdock takes disappears then reappears between shots. (00:17:40 - 00:18:50)
West Coast Turnaround - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: The chain for the air horn is being pulled by Hannibal's right hand. Suggesting it's mounted over the driver's right side, in the middle of the cab. A second later, the chain is seen swinging at the top right of the shot on Hannibal. (00:20:15)
West Coast Turnaround - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: During the scene when the A-Team drops watermelons on the pickup truck, the windshield shatters. The next shot after this, the truck flips over, but the windshield is intact.
Continuity mistake: As the bolt flies toward the fuel can, you can see the pre-cut spot where it will hit. Then as it hits the canister changes completely as the dark strip where the bolt hits disappears. (00:41:40)
The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: The Boeing 747 in this episode is supposed to belong to Beller Air, however exterior shots show the TWA Airlines logo.
The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: As Hannibal, made up as Beller, walks up the steps, Jackson looks at Beller's picture on a magazine. A moment later, the magazine's back cover is facing him.
A Nice Place to Visit - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: After the Watkins Brothers run the A-Team Van off the road and the van flips; the Van suddenly becomes a Ford Econline van with Stock wheels, very much different from the original red turbine mag wheels on the GMC. (00:19:20)
A Nice Place to Visit - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: The tow truck that gets flipped at the end is different from the one used throughout the episode.
Recipe for Heavy Bread - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: As Murdock joins the chase flying the helicopter, the cap he's wearing alternates between having writing and being blank between angles.
Recipe for Heavy Bread - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: As the van takes off from nabbing the first guy on the golf course, the right rear door is ajar. A second later, it's closed.
The Only Church in Town - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The picture on the handbill the cop hangs up changes from an artist sketch to a black and white photo.
Answer: Several times, Face would pose as a doctor to get Murdock out of the Mental Hospital. How easy would it have been to convince airport officials that he was a doctor taking a sedated patient on board? Or simply tell them, this man is afraid of flying, so he had to be sedated. They could say, "Believe me, you don't want this man to be awake."