As WWII reached its brutal climax in the Pacific, 300 Mexican pilots joined the fight. They called themselves the Aztec ...

Soon after graduation, the Aztec Eagles left for the Philippines, where they were assigned as part of the 5th Air Force, which was attached to the 58th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces ...

WWII was near its end. Germany had just surrendered in Europe. Berlin was encircled and in ruin. Nonetheless, the once-proud Empire of the Rising Sun, now battered and overwhelmed by the U.S. in ...

The Aztec Eagles arrived in Manila along with 1,500 U.S. troops on May 1, 1945, ready to put their training to the test.

Gaxiola Andrade was one of the Aztec Eagles, a group of Mexican fighter pilots who aided the U.S. during World War II. The group is the subject of a film being screened Sept. 10 at the Tigard ...

Mexico announced Tuesday that it will award Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and White House adviser, the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the country's highest honor for foreigners.

After flying nearly 100 combat missions, the Aztec Eagles flew their last mission in August 1945, after the USAAF 58th Fighter Group left for Okinawa. On Aug. 26, they escorted a convoy north of ...

After flying nearly 100 combat missions, the Aztec Eagles flew their last mission in August 1945, after the USAAF 58th Fighter Group left for Okinawa. On Aug. 26, they escorted a convoy north of ...