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23rd Fighter Group Flying Tigers Patch

Aviators and Collectors!  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered 23rd Fighter Group Flying Tigers Patch.  This is a great patch to wear or display.  Wear it proudly.

• 4 inches
• Embroidered/ Sew on
• US Veteran-Owned Business

The 23rd Fighter Group (23 FG) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23rd Wing and stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

The 23rd Fighter Group was established in World War II as the 23rd Pursuit Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).[3] Redesignated the 23rd Fighter Group before its activation, the group was formed in China on 4 July 1942,[3] as a component of the China Air Task Force and received a small cadre of volunteer personnel from the simultaneously disbanded 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) – the “Flying Tigers”[3] of the Chinese Air Force.

To carry on the traditions and commemorate the history of the AVG, aircraft of the USAF 23rd Fighter Group carry the same “Shark Teeth” nose art of the AVG’s Curtiss P-40 Warhawks, along with the “FT” (Flying Tiger) tail code. The 23rd Fighter Group’s aircraft are the only United States Air Force aircraft currently authorized to carry this distinctive and historical aircraft marking.