In the protracted and appearing rock for Soviet Union war in Afghanistan air force was used very widely. Bombardment and low-flying air attack of positions and columns of opponent, support of surface troops, landing operation, evacuation of раненых, delivery of passengers and loads, secret service and mining of locality are a spectrum of tasks standing before soviet pilots, was extraordinarily wide, and efficiency of their battle work is very high. Not surprising, that airplanes and helicopters were the most primary objective of Afghanistan моджахедов constantly perfecting the system of air defense. A reader, probably, will be surprised, knowing that the battle losses of soviet aviation were calculated in tens by hundreds of units of technique. Many pilots perished death of brave.An unicity of this book is in that she became a long and laborious job of author performance on collection of the personal certificates of soldiery pilots at different times servings in Afghanistan. On their basis an author analyses invaluable experience of application of air force in local war.