飛虎隊

故事發生於二戰期間，剛猛帥氣的吉米·喬丹率領著一個聞名於世界的“飛虎隊”，戰鬥在中印邊境的峽谷之處，組成這隻“飛虎隊”的成員都是一些來自美國軍隊中的自願者，他們在美國參加二戰之前，在中國的土地上與侵略中國國土的日本軍展開了殊死的搏鬥。吉米·喬丹必須派出足夠多的戰鬥經驗豐富並且機智勇敢的飛行員去跟數目巨大而且非常狡猾的對手進行拼殺。與此同時，他還得處理他的隊伍里的人際關係，讓他們能夠緊密地團結在一起。非常突出的是，他還得處理一個喜歡把飛機開的風快的名叫伍迪·賈森的飛行員所帶來的麻煩，他不僅想一個人沖在最前面，而且還想打喬丹女朋友的歪主意。

15屆奧斯卡金像獎(1943)

• 最佳特效(提名)Howard Lydecker/Daniel J. Bloomberg

• 最佳錄音(提名)Daniel J. Bloomberg

• 劇情/喜劇片最佳配樂(提名)維克多·楊

• 以上信息參考：

Being born in 1939 I grew up watching all the John Wayne movies and remember quite well the impact this film had on me and eventually my chosen profession as a pilot. The question that always comes to mind whenever I see the film is; Who built the P-40 Warhawk replicas used in the movie? I assume Curtis-Wright had a hand in it as they are mentioned in the credits. The replicas were done fairly accurately and obviously had an engine and propeller with enough power to taxi. This also means that they had a steerable tailwheel and main landing gear brakes for stopping etc. Noticeable though is that while taxiing you do not see flight control surface movement especially in the rudder which would move with the tailwheel. No aileron movement is observed either, which you would see during taxi over rough ground and the pilot's hand holding the control stick naturally would transmit some vibration to the ailerons. The most obvious difference from the true P-40 is in the area of the canopy and windshield construction, kind of close but not convincing when the actual footage of aircraft taking off shows the true configuration and size of the aircraft. The film is not "TOP GUN" but is always a nice nostalgic event for this old retired pilot.