First on August 14,1937, during the inferno of the Japanese War of Resistance, graduates of the school won a decisive air battle against the Japanese, in spite of insurmountable odds.
昔在水之湄、今在山之旁；動人心弦的兒女情長加上筧橋英烈的英雄事蹟，使得每個踏進官校凱旋門的空官子弟，幾乎都是抱著尋夢的心情來的。驅使他們以空官為第一志願的最大原動力就是想「飛」。