Lee Lue
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Lee Lue (1935 – July 12, 1969) was a Laotian Hmong fighter bomber pilot notable for flying more combat missions than any other pilot. Lee Lue flew continuously, as many as 10 missions a day and averaging 120 combat missions a month to build a total of more than 5,000 sorties. [1] Lee Lue was the leader of the special group of Hmong pilots flying T-28Ds out of Long Tieng against the Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese positions. The group was funded by the CIA and was not integrated into the regular Royal Lao Air Force. He was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and killed over Vietnam near Muong Suoi on July 12, 1969.[2]
His motto was "fly till you die".
He was posthumously promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
