Flight Command is a 1940 American U.S. Navy film from MGM, produced by Frank Borzage
and directed by J. Walter Ruben and Frank Borzage (uncredited), starring Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, and Walter Pidgeon. It has the distinction of often being credited as the first Hollywood film glorifying the American military to be released after the outbreak of World War II in Europe, a year before the U.S. entered the conflict.
Theatrical release poster
Although operational in 1940, the Grumman F3F series was obsolete by the time the US entered World War II.
Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards.
Borzage in Photoplay Magazine, 1920