Major Bestuzhev is promoted to lieutenant colonel and given command of a newly-formed fighter regiment. He is given the latest Soviet fighter, the Yak-3, but with no veterans to draw upon he has to rely on pilots straight out of training.

Following the events of the first Attackers series, Major Bestuzhev is promoted to lieutenant colonel and given command of a newly-formed fighter regiment. He is given the latest Soviet fighter, the Yak-3, but with no veterans to draw upon he has to rely on green pilots straight out of training. It's a tough assignment, made tougher by adversaries at army headquarters, cunning German opponents, and personal tragedy.—grantss