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 Flying Tigers, or the American Volunteer Group, was made up of American volunteer pilots who were drafted by Colonel Claire L. Chennault from 1941 to 1942 to fight with Japanese air force in ...

When the Flying Tigers’ boss, General Claire Chennault, domesticated some war-weary military transports and U.S. fighter pilots following World War II, hardly anyone expected the ragtag ...

The Flying Tigers were the first American Volunteer Group of the Republic of China’s Air Force under the command of US General Claire Chennault, the military aviation advisor to Generalissimo ...

President Franklin Roosevelt secretly signed an executive order in early April 1942 that allowed American aviators to join Claire Chennault’s volunteers in China. With the United States still eight ...