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1. www.military.com › history › the-tuskegee-airmenWhat You Should Know About the Tuskegee Airmen | Military.com

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   Jul 1, 2024 · A flight school was founded at the historic Tuskegee University in Alabama, and on July 19, 1941, the Army Air Corps initiated the program. "The Tuskegee story is an important civil rights story ...

2. home.nps.gov › articles › tuskegeeairmenTuskegee Airmen (U.S. National Park Service) - NPS

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   Sep 3, 2017 · These are just some of the questions that visitors ask at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, the birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen. Yes, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in WWII. Yes, they were the first African American fighter pilots and crew in the US Army Air Corps, and no, they were not all from Tuskegee.

3. www.blackhistory.mit.edu › story › tuskegee-airmenTuskegee Airmen | MIT Black History

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   Feb 11, 2018 · Kennedy became most known for Charles A. (“Chief”) Anderson’s famous flight with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941. But the program’s chief instructor meant much more to the many Tuskegee Airmen he trained. Tuskegee Institute recruited him in 1940 to be the chief civilian flight instructor for African American pilots.

4. home.nps.gov › tuai › indexTuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (U.S. National Park...

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   Before the first African American military pilots became known as the "Red Tails" they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in the Army's PT-17 Stearman bi-plane. Their flying adventure started at Moton Field, in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the Army Air Corps conducted a military test to determine if African Americans could be trained to fly combat aircraft.

5. www.nationalww2museum.org › war › articlesThe Tuskegee Airmen: An Interview with the Leading Authority

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   Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Sicily 1943 courtesy of the US Army Air Force. There were many outstanding Tuskegee Airmen. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., who commanded the 99th Fighter Squadron, then the 332nd Fighter Group, and then the 477th Composite Group, was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the son of the Army’s first Black general.

6. tuskegeemuseum.orgNew Home - Tuskegee Airmen National Historical

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   The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum is an operational repository of the Tuskegee Airmen’s history and artifacts while also providing an active learning community through classroom and hands on aviation and aerospace engineering programs.

7. www.nps.gov › tuai › learnHistory & Culture - Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (U.S...

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   Mar 3, 2020 · The Tuskegee Airmen gained notice and respect as the result of a test conducted by the U.S. Army Air Corps (Army Air Forces) to determine if African Americans had the mental and physical abilities to lead, fly military aircraft, and courage to fight in war.