Ever since that time. these pilots have given great service to the Armed Forces for cargo and passenger services. The pilots of Flying Tigers have risked their lives many times on behalf of the worlds underprivileged and oppressed. During the 1970s. the airline participated in several mercy charter flights flying supplies to needy Cambodian refugees. On Thanksgiving Day in 1979. history was made when the pilots delivered $1.5 million in food and medical supplies in the first direct mercy flight from the United States to Phnom Penh4 years after the famed "ricelift" to Cambodia in 1975. Life saving supplies were also delivered to refugee camps along the Thailand/Cambodian border. and passenger charter flights were commissioned to carry refugees to the United States. In March 1982. the Flying Tigers flew a charter flight into Warsaw. delivering over 40 tons of medical supplies. staple foods. and relief goodsthe first airlift of relief supplies to reach Poland since the imposition of martial law the previous November. Clearly.
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