upon hearing more of kirov 's drunken ravings and plans the plotters decided following the laws and being sublet were out , vitaly called on his long time friend , and plotter , major general of the air force and commander of the caucasian region air force , victor alexanderovich konstin , he was given the task of taking out the president , operating under emergency orders a squadron of su-67 fighter bombers from the rostov-on-don air base were armed with anti-bunker bombs .