Flying Tigers (disambiguation)
The Flying Tigers was the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), a unit of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942 composed of volunteer pilots from the United States.
Flying Tigers may also refer to:
Military and law enforcement
- 23d Fighter Group, a United States Air Force unit which absorbed the 1st AVG
- Fourteenth Air Force, a United States Air Force organization which contained the 23d FG
- 2/229th Aviation Regiment "Flying Tigers", United States Army
- HMH-361 (Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361), United States Marine Corps
- HMM-262 (Medium Helicopter Squadron 262), United States Marine Corps
- 102 Squadron (Israel), Israeli Air Force
- Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong Police Force
- Helicopter Unit, Beijing Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
- Flying Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team, based in north Germany
Entertainment
- Flying Tigers (film), a 1942 movie starring John Wayne
- Flying Tiger (Marvel Comics), a comic-book character
- Flying Tigers (album), a 2011 album by heavy metal band White Wizzard
- Flying Tigers, a fictional team of pilots in the comic series Buck Danny
- The title of the TV show Baa Baa Black Sheep was translated to Spanish as "Los tigres voladores" ("The Flying Tigers").
Other uses
- Flying Tiger Line, a cargo airline
- Lakeland Flying Tigers, a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Florida
- Flying Tiger Copenhagen, a Danish retailer chain
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