Top row, L-R: Col. Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent, Lt. Col. John R. Alison (CO, 75th FS), and Col. Bruce K. Holloway (CO, 23rd FG, and later commander of SAC). Foreground, L-R: Lt. Col. Albert T. "Ajax" Baumler and Lt. Col. Grattan "Grant" Mahony (CO, 76th FS) in China (1943). (USAF photo)
Fighter unit commanders were subordinate to Major General Claire Chennault.
All 5 also test-flew a Japanese Zero that had crash landed in China Nov 26, 1941.