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President Xi Jinping Hands Over Commemorative Medal

Veteran Second World War Air Transport Command, Hump Pilot, and S.A.A.H.F Founding Board Member Jay Vinyard receives the Chinese Government’s 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Second World War Commemorative Medal from the hands of President Xi Jinping during a ceremony in China’s Great Hall...


CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION CAPTAINS: (CNAC)

CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION CAPTAINS: (CNAC) Six former CNAC “Hump” Pilots are seen inside the “China Doll,” a fully restored and flying Curtiss C-46 “Commando” transport during a CNAC Reunion in northern California. From left to right are; John “Dick”...


PRESIDENT HU JINTAO TOAST FLYING TIGER FIGHTER ACE AND RECORD SETTING C.N.A.C “HUMP” PILOT JOHN “DICK” ROSSI (SAAHF)

PRESIDENT HU JINTAO TOAST FLYING TIGER FIGHTER ACE AND RECORD SETTING C.N.A.C “HUMP” PILOT JOHN “DICK” ROSSI (SAAHF) Chinese President Hu Jintao toasts “Flying Tiger” fighter “Ace” and record setting CNAC “Hump Airlift” pilot, John “Dick”...


DOOLITTLE RAIDERS SHARING THEIR STORY

DOOLITTLE RAIDERS SHARING THEIR STORY: In September 2005, “Doolittle Raiders” Tom Griffin and Dick Cole are seen addressing a group of college students at Kunming Normal University in the city of Kunming. The two veteran airmen were part of a group of 48 China and CBI vets who were members...


DOOLITTLE RAIDERS IN KUNMING

DOOLITTLE RAIDERS IN KUNMING: Doolittle Raiders, Major Tom Griffin and Lt. Colonel Richard Cole were two of 48 China / CBI veterans who travel to China in September 2005 as members of a SAAHF led delegation that was invited by the Chinese Government to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the conclusion...


US CHINESE THE SECOND WORLD WAR CONFERENCE

THE SECOND FLYING TIGER AND THE SHARED AMERICAN AND CHINESE EXPERIENCE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR CONFERENCE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, NOVEMBER 10 – 12, 2016 (SAAHF) Photos: Captain Xiao Sessler US Army, translates for Mr. Gao De Min as he talks about his mother “Rita” Wong, who as Red Cross...


60TH ANNIVERSARY VJ-DAY EVENT ZHIJIANG IN WESTERN HUNAN PROVINCE: (SAAHF)

60TH ANNIVERSARY VJ-DAY EVENT ZHIJIANG IN WESTERN HUNAN PROVINCE: (SAAHF) During events to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the conclusion of the Second World War, AVG Fighter “Ace” and record setting CNAC “Hump” Pilot John “Dick” Rossi, 14th Air Force P-51 Fighter...


ASTRONAUTS MEET: (SAAHF)

ASTRONAUTS MEET: (SAAHF) In August 2005, with the Director of NASA, Major General Charles Bolden, USMC (ret) looking on, Jeff Greene, Ex. Director, SAAHF presents Yang LIwei,China’s first Astronaut with The Sino-Ameircan Aviation Heritage Foundation’s Arthur Chin Aviation Achievement Award...