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  • General Claire Chennault

    General Claire Chennault

    One of WWII’s most underrated generals and founder of the Flying Tigers. A WWI veteran who became partially deaf from flying, Chennault championed fighter aircraft in the 1930s when U.S. Army Air Corps doctrine favored bombers. His outspoken views led...

  • Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Slover: MH-47 Pilot Badass

    Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Slover: MH-47 Pilot Badass

    Extraordinary piloting while severely wounded. During Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Slover, a pilot with the elite Night Stalkers of the 160th SOAR, flew his MH-47 Chinook through dense, mountainous jungle terrain, evading obstacles to land...

  • Maj. Robb T. McDonald: Marine Harrier Pilot Hero

    Maj. Robb T. McDonald: Marine Harrier Pilot Hero

    Led Counter Attack Offensive To Defend NATO Base In Afghanistan Awakened from his sleep on September 12 of 2012, Robb McDonald, an AV-8B Harrier pilot, snapped into action. On a base so large it was unthinkable that a force had...

  • Audie Murphy:  Americas WW2 Tank Ace

    Audie Murphy: Americas WW2 Tank Ace

    Most highly decorated soldier in U.S. History Few real life legends come close to the one created by Audie Murphy. For over an hour he singlehandly held off a company of German troops from atop an M10 tank destroyer. Wounded,...

  • Lt. Col. Steve Russell: From Saddam Hussein to JAARS

    Lt. Col. Steve Russell: From Saddam Hussein to JAARS

    From serving America to serving the world Jungle Aviation and Radio Service got a new president in 2022: former Lt. Col. Steve Russell a Serbia, Iraq, and Afghanistan veteran who was instrumental in the capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein...

  • SSG Michael Ollis:  Soon to Receive the Medal of Honor Posthumously

    SSG Michael Ollis: Soon to Receive the Medal of Honor Posthumously

    Saved the life of a Polish army officer from a suicide bomber At age 17, Ollis enlisted in the United States Army right after high school. He completed Ranger and Airborne School and became a part of the 10th Mountain...