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Charles R. Bond Jr., a retired Air Force major general and one of the last surviving Flying Tigers, died Aug. 18 of dementia at Presbyterian Village North, an assisted living community in Dallas. He was 94. In September 1941, he left the Army Air Forces to volunteer for service in China as part of a secret program, the American Volunteer Group, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, under Gen. Claire Chenault. Made up of about 400 pilots and ground personnel and based in Burma, the Flying Tigers protected military supply routes between China and Burma and helped to get supplies to Chinese...

Hollywood to do "Flying Tiger" movie Release Date: Unknown Not to be Confused with: There's another film, Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger, with a similar title. They're unrelated. Distributor: Warner Bros. Production Company: Morgan Creek Productions, Trilogy Entertainment Group (production company of screenwriters Pen Densham and John Watson) Cast: None announced yet. Cast Notes: Just to show how long this project has been in development, it was almost filmed in 1995, starring Matthew McConaughey, before he became a "star" with A Time to Kill. It's likely the final cast will likewise consist of a bunch of young guys who aren't quite...