RANGOON, BURMA September 6, 1941 DEAR MA AND PA: — Last Saturday the Group commander, Colonel Chennault, got the bad dope that twelve pilots were wanted in Rangoon to ferry some new planes up here. We ...

Eighty years ago this week, a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II. Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.

The Flying Tigers were one of the first American air units to fight the Japanese as World War II began. A gruff Texas native, Claire Chennault, organized the volunteer force in the months before the ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct 11 (Reuters) - David Lee "Tex" Hill, who flew with the Flying Tigers in China during World War Two and was said to be the inspiration for John Wayne's character in a 1942 movie ...

Jim Gordon is the head of a group of American pilots working for the Chinese government against the invading Japanese two years prior to Pearl Harbor. Hothead Woody Jason joins them, but he's also a ...

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 3, 2025 /CNW/ -- News report from GDToday. As the world in 2025 commemorates the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the bond ...

Eighty years ago this week, a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II. Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.