Flying Tigers Descend on Moody:

Oct. 3, 2007

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Some 100 members of the 23rd Flying Tiger Association are going to Moody AFB, Ga., now the home of the 23rd Wing, for their annual reunion. It is the first time Moody has hosted the event since activation of the 23rd Wing, reports Capt. Dustin Hart, and the Tigers are commemorating the 65th anniversary of the wing.

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