A delegation consisting of 32 Flying Tigers veterans, their relatives and members of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, visited Liuzhou from Saturday to Monday with the aim of passing down the legacy of the Flying Tigers. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"It is dreamlike for me to shake hands and communicate with the Flying Tigers veterans," said Qin Xianlan, a student from Huxi Experimental Middle School in Liuzhou, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

A delegation consisting of 32 Flying Tigers veterans, their relatives and members of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, visited Liuzhou from Saturday to Monday with the aim of passing down the legacy of the Flying Tigers and strengthen the communication and exchange between Chinese and American youth.

On Sunday the delegation visited Huxi Experimental Middle School and witnessed the launching ceremony of the Flying Tigers Friendship School and Youth Leadership Program.

Last September, the program was started by the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco at the Jack Lund Schofield Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The school's mascot is the Flying Tiger in honor of that legacy.

The Foundation has promoted the formation of friendship schools in several provinces of China.

In June of this year, Huxi Experimental Middle School held an online signing ceremony with the Jack Lund Schofield Middle School and became a Flying Tigers Friendship School.