Business trip to Afghanistan comes to an end. Senior Lieutenant Rodin has the brightest prospects. But the path to the heights of flying skill is never easy. The end of 1981 was approaching. The military operation in western Afghanistan has entered its final stage. The defeat and encirclement of the group of "two lions" Masoud and Ismail is just around the corner. The border is closed, and Soviet troops storm the fortified areas. The course of the longest war in the history of the Soviet Union has been changed.