This design is based on the P-51B flown by Col. Harold Snow during his time with the 528th Fighter Squadron in China. Col. Snow was a three-war veteran, flying 100 missions over China, Burma, and India in World War II; 101 missions in the Korean War; and 335 in Vietnam, along with 130 additional missions out of Thailand, accumulating 1,332 combat hours over 666 combat missions.