Despite criticism of inferiority to the Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf 109, and even the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Curtiss P-40 played ... the Flying Tigers – although why a tiger would ...

This weekend at Atlanta’s DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Losonsky climbed into a P-40 for the first time since the war, as part of a historic Flying Tiger reunion sponsored by the Commemorative Air ...

"The AVG was a bright spot in history when everything was bleak and black, and they have received a lot of recognition for that," says Larry Jobe, president of the Flying Tiger Historical ...

The Flying Tigers, known for their shark-toothed P-40s and fearless tactics, are back in action. This IL-2 Sturmovik movie recreates a daring raid on Japanese maritime forces, complete with ...

The pilots in P-40 “Flying Tigers” and their counterparts ... “It is my fondest hope that the sign of the Flying Tiger will remain aloft just as long as it is needed and that it will always ...

Through countless battles early on in the war, including in service with the iconic Flying Tiger volunteer fighter squad against the Japanese, the P-40 proved to be a very capable, maneuverable ...

Udvar-Hazy Center, a Curtiss P-40E wears a shark face but was not a Flying Tiger. The aircraft is painted ... And then came the Curtiss P-40. Straight out of the factory, the fighter looked ...

the P-40 was the frontline U.S. fighter when the war began. It was made famous by Claire Chennault’s Flying Tigers, who, among other squadrons, painted shark’s teeth on its nose. When Japan ...