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  • Charles J. Loring, Jr.

    Charles J. Loring, Jr.

    The American Kamikaze who won the Medal of Honor Charles J. Loring obliterated a Korean enemy anti aircraft battery by flying his P-80 Shooting Star into it. It was causing heavy casualties on American aircraft in the Korean War and...

  • The Ghost of Kiev

    The Ghost of Kiev

    The Mig-29 Ghost shoots down 6 Russian Jets At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine a couple days ago a Ukrainian Ace pilot has haunted the skies above Kiev. In a single day, the Ghost has shot down...

  • Ol’ 666 and the Eager Beavers

    Ol’ 666 and the Eager Beavers

    A B-17 Flying Fortress full of heroes that refused to quit Using a wrecked B-17 from a junkyard, a group known as the Eager Beavers put 16 .50 cal machine guns in it, and used it for a photoreconnaissance gunship....

  • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

    Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

    The Flying Tigers Claws of Death Underpowered, under-gunned, and obsolete at the beginning of WW2, it became a deadly platform that turned into one of the greatest fighter icons of all time. The Flying Tigers were given 100 P-40B’s and...

  • General Claire Lee Chennault

    General Claire Lee Chennault

    The Founding Flying Tiger warhorse Born in the 1800s, deaf, retired and not even slightly finished bringing war to the Japanese, Gen. Chennault was a Southerner from Louisiana who set Japanese interests in Asia on fire. Working with the Chinese...

  • Robert Lee Scott, Jr. (Brig. General)

    Robert Lee Scott, Jr. (Brig. General)

    Ground attack expert: The Flying Tiger Ace with a flair for adventure Lying about being an experienced B-17 pilot, he learned to fly one on his way to Africa so he could join the Flying Tigers. Once in Burma, he...