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Flying Tigers
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China Honors 2 ‘Flying Tigers’ Veterans
During World War II, the all-volunteer group of American mercenary pilots took on Japanese bombers in its first air combat mission to protect China.
Museum Spotlight: Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
The museum’s favorite aircraft among visitors was left abandoned in a swamp for decades before it was found and restored.
80 Years Later, the Legacy of the Flying Tigers Endures
On December 20, 1941, an all-volunteer group of American mercenary pilots took on Japanese bombers in their first air combat mission to protect China. By day’s end, the American Volunteer Group (AVG)—better known as the “Flying Tigers”—would go on to down nine out of 10 Japanese bombers in the first of many air battles in […]
