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Flying Tigers

American  

plural noun

  1. the nickname of U.S. fighter pilots, the American Volunteer Group (AVG), who fought against the Japanese in China during World War II.


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Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, who hosted the Flying Tigers ceremony in a small embassy gymnasium with a basketball hoop.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

The American Volunteer Group, known as the Flying Tigers, was a fighter group, comprising former US pilots hired by the Republic of China led by Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang, to fight against Japan in 1941-42.

From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2023

About 100 rescuers and divers, including from a police special unit known as the Flying Tigers, are still searching for the rest of the remains.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2023

After Vietnam, he flew for the air cargo carrier Flying Tigers for 36 years, continuing on when the company was bought by FedEx.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

“The story of the Flying Tigers undergirds the profound friendship forged by the lives and blood of the Chinese and American people,” Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the United States, said during the event.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

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