As America commemorates nearly 250 years of independence, the legacy of General Claire Lee Chennault, a pivotal figure in aviation and military history, continues to ...

The Japanese radio poured poison into Chungking. Where were the planes, the pilots, the bombs the U.S. had promised China? Why all the painful, handmade preparation of airdromes for U.S. airmen who ...

Oct. 16—Without a doubt, World War II casts a long shadow across the world, but it also holds a very special place in the history of Hunt County. For example, two of the American servicemen killed ...

MONROE, La. (WVUE) - The Flying Tigers were a symbol of U.S. air combat in the Pacific in WWII. But, they got their start as a group of volunteer American pilots, flying for the Chinese to fight ...

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 ...

The Flying Tigers was 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 ...

The doors have reopened at the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, and for many in Monroe, the moment signals more than the return of a historic site. It reflects a renewed investment in community ...

Click to open image viewer. Gen. Claire Chennault's United States Army Air Forces Type A-2 Flying Jacket; waist length seal brown horsehide jacket with brown knit wool cuffs and waist band; brass ...