Molodye parni iz raznykh sotsialnykh sloyov, u nekotorykh iz kotorykh kriminalnoe proshloe, prizyvayutsya v vozdushno desantnye voyska. Serzhant Aleksey Burov (Aleksey Serebryakov) naznachen komandirom otdeleniya vzvoda novobrantsev. Imenno on privivaet neopytnym "synkam" navyki rukopashnogo boya, vzaimovyruchki i armeyskoy smekalki v provodimykh ucheniyakh. I vot nastal den boevogo kreshcheniya. Podrazdelenie desantnikov poluchaet prikaz pomoch pogranichnikam obezvredit krupnuyu bandu narkotorgovtsev, pytayushchikhsya nelegalno peresech granitsu...
