December, 1941. In North Africa, the Germans have been halted for the time being. But now there is a new enemy. In the Far East, the Japanese strike at Pearl Harbor, Malaya and Burma.

Wing Commander Ken Armstrong's squadron, together with other reinforcements, is immediately rushed to Burma to provide the spearhead of an air strike force -- and his pilots soon find themselves locked in combat with a deadly and ruthless foe. Cut off at an airstrip deep in the inhospitable jungle, fighting alongside an American combat squadron, they form a deadly team that takes a fearsome toll of the enemy -- until their supplies and aircraft begin to run out...