Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolaevich Ostroumov has come a long career. During the Great Patriotic War, he was directly involved in the development of air support for key operations (Korsun-Shevchenko, Belarusian, Yassy-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 power of the Soviet Air Force. He is not only a practitioner, an experienced operational worker, but also a scientist who has analyzed and summarized the rich experience of the combat use of Soviet aviation.