Flying Tiger is one of the characters in CrossFire. They are also known as Special Duties Unit, an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Its primary functions include counter-terrorism, hostage rescue and dealing with crimes (usually involving firearms) which are considered too dangerous for regular police to handle. The unit was formerly trained by the SAS before the handover of Hong Kong to China. In CF China, Flying Tiger has their own Chinese voice, similar to Delta in CF Korea.
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| - Flying Tiger is one of the characters in CrossFire. They are also known as Special Duties Unit, an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Its primary functions include counter-terrorism, hostage rescue and dealing with crimes (usually involving firearms) which are considered too dangerous for regular police to handle. The unit was formerly trained by the SAS before the handover of Hong Kong to China. In CF China, Flying Tiger has their own Chinese voice, similar to Delta in CF Korea.
- The Washington Post ran a story on the Flying Tigers' efforts in China and how that they had reported the superior fighting ability of the Japanese Zero to Washington, and how the US Navy had been taken by surprise anyway.
- The Flying Tigers were an American fighter group who protected China during Japanese air raids.
- The group consisted of three fighter squadrons with about 20 aircraft each. It trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II with the mission of defending China against Japanese forces. Arguably, the group was a private military contractor, and for that reason the volunteers have sometimes been called mercenaries[citation needed]. The members of the group had lucrative contracts with salaries ranging from $250 a month for a mechanic to $750 for a squadron commander, roughly three times what they had been making in the U.S. forces.
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- AIR FORCE STORY, THE – THE DRAWING OF THE BATTLE LINES, DECEMBER 1941-APRIL 1942
- AAF REPORT
- The Battle of China
- AIR FORCE STORY, THE – RETREAT AND ADVANCE, JUNE 1944-MARCH 1945
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| - Flying Tiger is one of the characters in CrossFire. They are also known as Special Duties Unit, an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Its primary functions include counter-terrorism, hostage rescue and dealing with crimes (usually involving firearms) which are considered too dangerous for regular police to handle. The unit was formerly trained by the SAS before the handover of Hong Kong to China. In CF China, Flying Tiger has their own Chinese voice, similar to Delta in CF Korea.
- The Washington Post ran a story on the Flying Tigers' efforts in China and how that they had reported the superior fighting ability of the Japanese Zero to Washington, and how the US Navy had been taken by surprise anyway.
- The Flying Tigers were an American fighter group who protected China during Japanese air raids.
- The group consisted of three fighter squadrons with about 20 aircraft each. It trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II with the mission of defending China against Japanese forces. Arguably, the group was a private military contractor, and for that reason the volunteers have sometimes been called mercenaries[citation needed]. The members of the group had lucrative contracts with salaries ranging from $250 a month for a mechanic to $750 for a squadron commander, roughly three times what they had been making in the U.S. forces. The Tigers' shark-faced fighters remain among the most recognizable of any individual combat aircraft and combat unit of World War II, and they demonstrated innovative tactical victories when the news in the U.S. was filled with little more than stories of defeat at the hands of the Japanese forces. The group first saw combat on 20 December 1941, 12 days after Pearl Harbor (local time). It achieved notable success during the lowest period of the war for U.S. and Allied Forces, giving hope to Americans that they would eventually succeed against the Japanese. While cross-referencing records after the war revealed their actual kill numbers were substantially lower, the Tigers were paid combat bonuses for destroying nearly 300 enemy aircraft, while losing only 14 pilots on combat missions. In July 1942, the AVG was replaced by the U.S. Army 23rd Fighter Group, which was later absorbed into the U.S. 14th Air Force with General Chennault as commander. The 23rd FG went on to achieve similar combat success, while retaining the nose art and fighting name of the volunteer unit.
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