No pilot in history flew more combat missions than a Hmong schoolteacher from Laos named Lee Lue.
He was born in 1935 in a village in Xiangkhoang Province. He became an elementary school teacher, one of only a handful of Hmong teachers in the whole country.
In 1967, as the secret war in Laos grew, General Vang Pao asked for volunteers to learn to fly. Lee Lue stepped forward. After six months of training in Thailand, he and another volunteer, Vang Toua, became the first two Hmong fighter pilots.
He flew T-28s out of Long Tieng, the CIA's secret base, against the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao. He flew up to 10 missions a day and averaged 120 a month. In about two years he flew more than 5,000 combat sorties.
His motto was "Fly 'til you die."
Seasoned American pilots who worked alongside him held him in awe.
On July 12, 1969, Vang Pao phoned him. Hmong troops near Muang Soui were losing ground. Lee Lue was in the air with bombs on board, so he went.
His T-28 was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed in the mountains.
He was waiting on a promotion to major and had already bought the uniform. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel after his death.
Years later, Vang Pao said Lee Lue's was one of the few deaths in the war that made him cry.
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