Young female fighter pilots arrive to the frontline. They have different stories and different fates. They are getting older, falling in love and lose their closest ones as well as take their place in the world of men. The air has become their home. However, at war no one knows whose fate is to live and who is doomed to die.

王德民与马特维也夫在战争年代是生死之交，本片通过描述二人在新中国社会主义建设中携手工作的事实，反映了中苏两国人民的伟大友谊。