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What Sets Raiding the Rising Sun Apart: Engaging Format: Unlike traditional narratives, this book delivers the mission in concise, present-tense entries, allowing readers to experience events as they unfolded. Firsthand Perspectives: Packed with quotes from participants, the book captures the...

The PLAAF has had a pretty big day today. Two new jets, believed to be sixth generation, had their first flights. The first is supposedly a fighter-bomber type based on the size (Credit for the first picture goes to snne on secretprojects.co.uk, who in turn got this from Jason_ on Sino Defense...

I have read recently (and sought out this forum to find out if it is true) that the Chinese Gloster Gladiators had the same Browning FN N1939 (in 7.92) as the IAR-80/81? is this true? I have also heard that due to the German advisors, they had a factory for creating 7.92 ammo?

The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the 'Flying Tigers.' They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan...

MISSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAR: The Flying Tigers Part 3. Narrated by Gary Sinise.

Part 1 of the Flying Tiger's documentary. Enjoy!

Hi, I encountered a story about the Italian instructors' training of Chinese AF pilots during 1930s. The Italians used a peculiar system. They did not eliminate any Chinese pilot-cadet, no matter how poor his performance in the air was. The graduation rate of the classes were more than 95%...

I'm reading letters from 1941 from a radioman who's part of a Navy submarine patrol aircraft based in Providence, RI, written to his brother, an air cadet based in Long Island. The Navy radioman implores his brother in a couple of letters to sign up for some sort of commercial duty with...

Hey bros, Do you have any information about the number of flying gamer in China? Tx in advance, Antoine

from China Gives Solid Gold Medals to 5 Surviving Flying Tigers | Military.com Associated Press | Sep 21, 2015 MONROE, La — China has given solid gold medals to five surviving members of the Flying Tigers, a volunteer fighter group formed in China before the United States entered World War...

i just ran into this PC game that is coming out the other day...it looks promising. Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China

Poor thing gets gas then...

Hello all, Thought the members might enjoy a video of one of these classic machines in flight. Here is a link to video" View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzoR-NArifU :p Capt. Lou