When a call for a Holy War unites the Arab world, a politically and militarily weakened U.S. president dispatches a squadron of F-15 fighter planes to the volatile Middle East. Lieutenant Matt Pontowski, USAF, is a brilliant flyer but has no respect for authority. But when the 45th Tactical Fighter Wing find themselves in the eye of a Middle Eastern hurricane, tasked to fly the most dangerous mission of their careers, Pontowski has to grow up fast.