Yossarian and his friends train to be flyers in California before being shipped to an Army Air Force base on the Italian island of Pianosa. Nineteen perilous missions later, Yossarian’s only hope is to meet the mission quota – twenty-five – and be sent home before he’s shot down. But a new Colonel takes command and immediately raises the mission quota. Yossarian realizes he has to get himself grounded or sent home by any means necessary.