Flying Tigers in Charleston

Reported by the Post & Courier:

Flying Tigers have traded throttle sticks for walking canes
but recall vividly the days when their group dominated Chinese airspace with
attack planes painted with the faces of sharks.
Fourteen members of the
original Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group that protected China during
World War II, toured Charleston Air Force Base on Friday as part of their annual
reunion. They were the best in their military fields in 1941 when the government
asked them to covertly become the Chinese Air Force...

Meet the Flying Tigers at 2 p.m. today at the East Cooper
Regional Airport, 700 Faison Road, in Mount Pleasant.
The event will include
a display of the 8/229th Aviation Regiment's Apache helicopter. The regiment
based in Fort Knox, Ky., bears the Flying Tigers name.

These guys are Living Legends, and they helped save the world. For more check out the official homepage of the American Volunteer Group.