Amidst the heat and haze, Clive Caldwell piloted his P-40 Tomahawk over northwest Egypt near the Libyan border. It’s August ...

We were puzzled by the left side of the Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk — it sweats oil. All of the seams and rivets show the telltale glossy sheen of some sort of greasy compound on the dull paint. No matter ...

Call it the Warhawk, the Kittyhawk, or the Tomahawk. The Curtiss P-40 was a pivotal American piston engine fighter that held down the fort until P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang arrived and slowly ...

One cannot but love how the fighter airplanes of the Second World War were tattooed. I mean, how else would we have seen shark-inspired creatures taking to the skies? Officially, the habit of painting ...

This photo of a dashing Flight Lieutenant Neville Bowker inspired the nose art that has become inescapably linked with the Flying Tigers. It isn’t a smile. It is more a predator’s sneer. Razor teeth, ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / AUG. 17, 2010 The Pacific Aviation Museum chose as its logo the image of the Flying Tigers of World War II. A documentary, "Touching the Tigers," will premiere at the museum on ...

This image tells us a little about the history FHC’s own P-40 Tomahawk. The plane was built in the U.S. but given to the Soviets to help them fight the Germans in northwest Russia. Flying over the ...

Ever wonder how the American Volunteer Group got its nickname "The Flying Tigers" when the noses of their P-40 Tomahawk fighters were decorated to look like sharks? It took more than 50 years for the ...