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  • They were members of the squadron known as the Flying Tigers, based in Miramar, California.

    CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2002 2002

  • The Marines and the helicopter were assigned to the Marines heavy helicopter squadron 361, called the Flying Tigers, part of Marine Aircraft Group 16.

    CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2002 2002

  • Initially denied the right to join the Royal Canadian Air Force because he was of Chinese descent, Mah instead flew more than 300 missions for the Chinese National Aviation Corp., risking his life to provide support for the famous American Volunteer Group, known as the Flying Tigers.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Noreen Shanahan 2011

  • Initially denied the right to join the Royal Canadian Air Force because he was of Chinese descent, Mah instead flew more than 300 missions for the Chinese National Aviation Corp., risking his life to provide support for the famous American Volunteer Group, known as the Flying Tigers.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Noreen Shanahan 2011

  • For more information on this event and all home games, please call the Flying Tigers at

    OurSports Central Baseball News 2010

  • Other names may not be as well known but are equally significant, like the China-based American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers, and the nearly 4-year-long American supply airlift across the treacherous Eastern Himalayas, known to pilots as flying

    unknown title 2009

  • The American pilots known as the Flying Tigers secretly trained in the jungles of Southeast Asia to fly bombing missions for the Chinese Air Force.

    LewRockwell.com 2009

  • Another acquaintance of mine had a situation a number of years ago with a total left wing flap failure on the approach to Hong Kong with Flying Tigers, which is now FedEx, and the crew was able to land the 747, avoiding the most potentially largest killing plane crash in history, if you can imagine a 747 dropping down on the city of Hong Kong, it would have been devastating.

    The Medical Quack 2009

  • Other names may not be as well known but are equally significant, like the China-based American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers, and the nearly 4-year-long American supply airlift across the treacherous Eastern Himalayas, known to pilots as flying

    unknown title 2009

  • FedEx acquired a transportation company called Flying Tigers in 1989 as part of the company's international expansion strategy.

    Sramana Mitra on Strategy 2008

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