In his report he suggested how the Japanese might attack Pearl Harbor by air at 7:30 a.m. and that battleships would be particularly vulnerable to aerial attack. A 1927 Navy photographof the U.S. fleet in Guantanamo Bay showed how the orderly formation of battleships was "good hunting" for airplanes.

In 1937, Navy Lt. Comdr. Logan Ramsey published an article that was the basis for a news editorial. He stated that battleships anchored in neat lines were ideal targets for attack by aircraft. He also concluded that our fleet would be attacked first in order to leave us defenseless against further attacks. Lieutenant Commander Ramsey gained fame later at Pearl Harbor when he broadcast the first alert on December 7:

"AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR . . . This is no drill."

Shortly after the Japanese attacked China in July 1937, and before th

During the summer of 1941, Chennault helped form and train a small group of former Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps pilots. The American Volunteer Group (AVG) was popularly known as the Flying Tigers because of their aircrafts' distinctive shark's mouth paint scheme. The Flying Tigers did not see combat until December 18, 1941. On July 4, 1942, the AVG was disbanded, and many of the pilots left to return to their original military services. Those few who remained formed the cadre of the 23rd Fighter Group. This unit was part of the 14th Air Force, whose insignia shows its lineage.

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