The end of the Cold War - supposedly the era of glasnost and perestroika - has torn the Soviet Union apart at the seams. Buck Danny is sent as an observer and adviser to help the Russian army deal with its arsenal of nuclear weapons. But old communist habits die hard, and some of the Red Army hardliners have other plans.

Bosnia, 1995. Serb forces are defying UN peacekeeping troops, even shooting at US Navy fighters. After Tuckson disobeys orders and attacks a Serb position, he is disciplined by being sent to a secret base, where other pilots from the US military are training for a mysterious mission in unmarked planes.

Buck is on a mission to find a drug cartel s base. About to be sent to a small country in Central America, Buck, Sonny and Tumb are given a special briefing by two high-ranking US government agents. Under the cover of their official mission train Managuan Air Force pilots in the use of their brand new F-18s the three men are to try and overfly a strangely modern airfield suspected of belonging to a drug cartel. Problem: the airfield is in the middle of a no-fly zone "

Managua is on the verge of civil war. Arrested by order of President Sanchez, Buck and his friends have managed to convince the pilots of the Managuean Air Force that their nation s leader is in the pockets of drug cartels. With the assistance of the unit they d come to train, Buck escaped to request assistance from US authorities. Meanwhile, Sonny and Tumb will have to help their rebel allies fight back loyalist forces and Lady X s mercenaries "