It was spring 1943. Soviet troops seized a bridgehead on the "Malaya Zemlya" in Novorossiysk. In the Caucasus, the Red Army is moving forward with confidence, ready to break through the "Blue Line", a powerful system of German fortifications in the lower reaches of the Kuban. In future operations specific role are the Soviet fighter pilots. They had to put an end to the domination of the German air force in the skies of Kuban. Before the war, the popularity of the pilots might compare only cinema actors in the Soviet Union. Youth literally were torn to conquer the sky in the flying clubs. The number of air forces grew. But the first strike of German planes June 22, 1941 the majority of Soviet airfields and aircraft were put out of action. Pilots lacked not only planes, but also the experience of air combat.