Editing Claire Lee Chennault (section)

==Legacy==
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In December 1972, Chennault was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]], along with [[Leroy Grumman]], [[Curtis LeMay]] and [[James H. Kindelberger]]. The ceremony was headed by retired Brigadier General [[Jimmy Stewart]], and a portrait of Chennault by cartoonist [[Milton Caniff]] was unveiled. [[General Electric]] vice-president [[Gerhard Neumann]], a former AVG crew chief and the technical sergeant who repaired a downed [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero|Zero]] for flight, spoke of Chennault's unorthodox methods and of his strong personality.<ref>Rosholt, Malcolm, Jack Gadberry and Myron D. Levy. "Chennault Enshrined in Aviation Hall of Fame". ''Flying Tiger'', 1973.</ref>

Chennault was honored by the [[United States Postal Service]] with a 40¢ [[Great Americans series]] (1980–2000) postage stamp.<ref>[http://www.mysticstamp.com/viewProducts.asp?sku=2187 "U.S. #2187 40¢ Claire Chennault Great Americans Series."] ''Mystic Stamp Company Catalog''. Retrieved: March 25, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fi8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zyQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=claire%20chennault%20stamp&pg=3676%2C2395250 "Great American Stamp Honors Gen. Chennault."] ''The Times-News'', Hendersonville, North Carolina, September 9, 1990. Retrieved: March 25, 2013.</ref>

Chennault is commemorated by a statue in the Republic of China's capital, [[Taipei]], as well as by monuments on the grounds of the [[Louisiana State Capitol]] at [[Baton Rouge]] and at the former [[Chennault Air Force Base]], now the commercial [[Chennault International Airport]] in [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]]. The [[Chennault Aviation and Military Museum]], located near the entrance to [[Monroe Regional Airport (Louisiana)|Monroe Regional Airport]], and Chennault Park, also in Monroe, are also named in his honor. Nell Martien Calloway, named for her grandmother, Nell Thompson Chennault, and the daughter of Rosemary Simrall and Simrall's first husband, Norman Hopkins Martien Jr. (1926–2012), is the director of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum in Monroe.<ref>[http://www.goerie.com/article/20111110061085 "Services for last son of Gen. Claire Chennault."] ''goerie.com''. Retrieved: July 17, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/louisiana_sos/5713775252 "Chennault Aviation and Military Museum Director Nell Calloway."] ''flickr.com''. Retrieved: July 17, 2013.</ref>

A vintage [[Curtiss P-40]] aircraft, nicknamed "Joy", is on display at the riverside war memorial in Baton Rouge, painted in the colors of the Flying Tigers. In 2006 the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] renamed its athletic teams the [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|Warhawks]], honoring Chennault's AVG Curtiss P-40 fighter aircraft nickname. A large display of General Chennault's orders, medals and other decorations has been on loan to the [[Smithsonian Air and Space Museum]] in Washington, D.C., by his widow Anna since the museum's opening in 1976.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

For many years Chennault was viewed negatively within the [[People's Republic of China]], due to his role against the Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War. However, this changed following the establishment of [[Sino-American relations|diplomatic relations between the PRC and the U.S.]], with Chennault being viewed more positively. In 2005, the "Flying Tigers Memorial" was built in [[Huaihua|Huaihua, Hunan Province]], on one of the old airstrips used by the Flying Tigers in the 1940s. On the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender, former U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] and PRC officials unveiled a statue of Chennault in [[Zhijiang County, Hunan]].<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/08/c_13483520_2.htm "Former U.S. President James Carter attends peace festival in central China."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106221016/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/08/c_13483520_2.htm |date=November 6, 2012 }} ''Xinhuanet.com'', September 8, 2010. Retrieved: September 8, 2010.</ref> The Kunming Flying Tigers Museum opened on December 20, 2012, on the 71st anniversary of the first combat in Kunming of the Flying Tigers.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Chennault is among the "foreign friends of China" that [[Xi Jinping]] cites in [[Foreign policy of Xi Jinping|his foreign policy]] discourses in an effort to recognize the contributions of other countries to China's national liberation.<ref name=":Shan">{{Cite book |last=Shan |first=Patrick Fuliang |title=China under Xi Jinping: A New Assessment |publisher=[[Leiden University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9789087284411 |editor-last=Fang |editor-first=Qiang |pages=42 |chapter=What Did the CCP Learn from the Past? |editor-last2=Li |editor-first2=Xiaobing}}</ref>

On October 7, 2015, Republic of China (Taiwan) president [[Ma Ying-jeou]] awarded a medal commemorating victory in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] to Chennault, which was accepted by his widow [[Anna Chennault]].<ref name="engl_Pres">{{Cite web |title=President Ma meets Anna Chennault, widow of Flying Tigers Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault |work=english.president.gov.tw |date=2015-10-07 |access-date=18 November 2018 |url= https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/4752 }}</ref>

Chongqing is also home to a Flying Tigers Memorial and Exhibition dedicated to Chennault and his aviators. It is opposite the former residence of General Stilwell.