independent Republic of Kansas in a showdown with an ex-renegade raider (Fess Parker), sent by the military governor to capture him and bring him to justice. In a 1961 Rawhide episode called "Incident of the Phantom Bugler" a group referred to as Jayhawkers attempt to extort money from Gil Favor and crew to cross river. Clint Eastwood's Missourian character in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) took up the Confederate cause after Redleg Jayhawkers from Kansas killed his son and raped and murdered his wife. Jayhawker Colonel James Montgomery was portrayed as a racist, vengeful, and larcenous commander of a black regiment in the 1989 film Glory, where he is referred to as "a real Jayhawker from Kansas." The 1999 movie Ride With the Devil, directed by Ang Lee, and starring Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, and Jewel depicts Jayhawkers raiding Missouri homesteads. The 2014 movie Jayhawkers, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott, follows the college career of Wilt Chamberlain and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. An alternative country/alternative rock band originating in the 1980s from Minneapolis, Minnesota is named The Jayhawks. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California is named Jayhawk, California. The Wichita, Kansas wing of the Commemorative Air Force is known as the Jayhawk Wing. The VII Corps of the United States Army official nickname was The Jayhawk Corps. The United States Army Company A of the 9th aviation battalion of the 9th Infantry Division official nickname was The Jayhawks. The United States Coast Guard operates the medium range twin engine helicopter HH-60 Jayhawk in the roles of maritime patrol, interdiction, and search and rescue. The United States Navy operates the AQM-37 Jayhawk high speed target drone. The United States Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force operate the advanced pilot trainer T-1 Jayhawk for students selected to fly strategic/tactical airlift or tanker aircraft.*The 184th Intel Wing call sign is the Fighting Jayhawks, and previously the Flying Jayhawks for many years before losing assigned aircraft. See also Bushwhacker Border Ruffian Quantrill's Raiders German Americans in the Civil War Jayhawk Jaywalking William Sloan Tough References Further reading Castel, Albert (1997). Civil War in Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind. () Kerrihard, Bo. "America's Civil War: Missouri and Kansas." TheHistoryNet. Starr, Steven Z. (1974). Jennison's Jayhawkers: A Civil War Cavalry Regiment and its Commander. () Wellman, Paul. (1962) A Dynasty of Western Outlaws'' (details the origins of the