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Okay, you win AF. You win.

Those are pretty cool.

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Yep.

it is supposed to be an homage to the flying tigers

Either way, it looks cool as fuck.

So the Air Force is using the Army Air Corps graphic. Pretty cool all around though

MrBug708 wrote:So the Air Force is using the Army Air Corps graphic. Pretty cool all around though

the army air corps is the air force. it was directly made into it and is part of its lineage.

ASUHATER! wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:So the Air Force is using the Army Air Corps graphic. Pretty cool all around though

the army air corps is the air force. it was directly made into it and is part of its lineage.

True, the AAC was part of the army until 1949 when the USAF was created and became it's own branch.

ASUHATER! wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:So the Air Force is using the Army Air Corps graphic. Pretty cool all around though

the army air corps is the air force. it was directly made into it and is part of its lineage.

I'm pretty sure all Flying Tiger pilots and ground crews had to resign from the AAC. They were under the command of the Chinese. They were considered "volunteers" into the Chinese air corps, but were more like mercs for the Chinese than an AAC/USAF outfit, since they got paid by a private company.

wyo-cat wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:So the Air Force is using the Army Air Corps graphic. Pretty cool all around though

the army air corps is the air force. it was directly made into it and is part of its lineage.

I'm pretty sure all Flying Tiger pilots and ground crews had to resign from the AAC. They were under the command of the Chinese. They were considered "volunteers" into the Chinese air corps, but were more like mercs for the Chinese than an AAC/USAF outfit, since they got paid by a private company.

That is correct since the US was not at war. However, when the US went into WW2 the Flying Tigers were reassigned to the AAC and the pilots regained their commissions.

Pappy Boyington is probably the most famous pilot.

yup. they weren't in the AAC...well actually when the flying tigers did their flying it was actually the Army Air Forces. Since June 1941.