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These people aren't [[Hired Guns]], although the money may be a motivation. They genuinely believe in the cause they're fighting for and may well bring their own military experience to the battle.

 

 

[[Trope Namer|Named]] after the American volunteer squadrons which served in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the first two of the seven years of World War Two. They were recalled when the US was forced into the war proper.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

** The Anla'Shok, also known as the Rangers, are a Minbari covert operations organization operated by the [[Church Militant|Religious Caste]], who boost their numbers leading up to the Shadow War by recruiting large numbers of human volunteers, unbeknowest to the Earth government. <ref> This is reversed later when the Rangers back Sheridan when he starts his military campaign to liberate the Colonies and overthrow President Clark's regime on Earth.</ref> In the show's final season, the Rangers begin to recruit from the other races as they begin to take on the role of [[Space Police|interstellar peace keepers.]]

** When the command staff is forced to purge large numbers of their security staff after the Nightwatch attempted to seize control, they are able to make up for it with large numbers of Narn volunteers.

 

 

** The Soviet Operation Zet was an earlier example in the same war.

* In the [[Spanish Civil War]], both sides saw many foreign volunteers, including the famous author [[George Orwell]] on the Republican side.

** The WWI French equiv. of the Eagle Squadron, the Lafayette Escadrille.

*** Named after Lafayette of course who came and fought for the Americans while France wasn't sure whether to ally.

* In the [[Polish Soviet War|Polish-Soviet War]], the Kościuszko Squadron was a squadron of American volunteers fighting for the Polish.

* Escuadrón 201, also known as the "Aztec Eagles", of the [[Useful Notes/Mexicans With Machine Guns|Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana]]. Mexico declared war on Germany after U-Boats began sinking Mexican oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico. Lacking the resources to raise an expeditionary army, Mexico instead formed a squadron of volunteers who were sent to Texas to be trained and equipped as a unit attached to the US Army Air Forces. They served with distinction in the Philippines until the end of the war.

* Russian pilots flew for China and North Korea during the Korean War. Because proof of Russian involvement could have escalated the conflict into World War III, the Russians pretended to be Korean and the UN forces went along with the pretense.

* Chinese People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War.

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