This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon General--the Group is stationed in England, and flies long-range bombing missions into German-held Europe.

Ratna drama o zrakoplovstvu, odnosno stradanju u Drugom svjetskom ratu. To je realan prikaz događaja u elitnoj ratnoj jedinici, opisan u sekvencama depresije, agresije, ponosa. Priča o strogom generalu, koji zapovijeda elitnom bombarderskom jedinicom, kojoj nedostaje disciplina...