the hump was the name given Giving by allied pilots in the second world war to the eastern end of the himalayan mountains over which they flew Motion military transport aircraft from india to china to resupply Supply the chinese war effort of chiang kai-shek and the units of the united states army air forces ( aaf ) based in china .

the task was initially given Giving to the aaf 's tenth air force , and then to its air transport command Control ( atc ) .