От летчика-истребителя до генерала авиации. В годы войны и в мирное время....

Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolayevich Ostroumov has come a long way.

During the Great Patriotic War, he was directly involved in the development of air support for key operations (Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, Belorussian, Iasi-Kishinev, Berlin and others).

After the war, already in the rank of general, the author held senior leadership positions in Soviet military aviation.

Lieutenant General N.N. Ostroumov is one of the creators of the might of the Soviet Air Force. He is not only a practitioner, an experienced operative, but also a scientist who has analyzed and summarized the richest experience in the combat use of Soviet aviation.