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| rdfs:comment | - The 23d Fighter Group (23 FG) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23d Wing and stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. For the 23d Fighter Group that existed from 1997 to 2006, see the Article on the 23d Wing.
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| Garrison | - Moody Air Force Base, Georgia
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| Current Commander | - Colonel Elwood P. "Buster" Hinman IV
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| notable commanders | - Brig, Gen. David Lee "Tex" Hill
- Col. Robert L. Scott
- General Bruce K. Holloway
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| Battles | - Western Pacific
- China Defensive
- China Offensive
- India-Burma
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| abstract | - The 23d Fighter Group (23 FG) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23d Wing and stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. For the 23d Fighter Group that existed from 1997 to 2006, see the Article on the 23d Wing. The 23d Fighter Group was established in World War II as the 23d Pursuit Group of the United States Army Air Forces (AAF). Redesignated the 23d Fighter Group before its activation, the group was formed in China on 4 July 1942, 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" of the Chinese Air Force. To carry on the traditions and commemorate the history of the AVG, aircraft of the USAF 23d 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 23d Fighter Group's aircraft are the only United States Air Force aircraft currently authorized to carry this distinctive and historical aircraft marking.
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