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  2. Tuskegee Airmen ‑ Definition, Facts & Names - HISTORY

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    The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama,...

  3. Tuskegee Airmen - Wikipedia

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    The Tuskegee Airmen / tʌsˈkiːɡiː / [ 1 ] was a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

  4. Tuskegee Airmen, black servicemen of the U.S. Army Air Forces who trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama during World War II. They constituted the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military.

  5. Tuskegee Airmen - National Air and Space Museum

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    The Tuskegee Airmen’s fight for equality involved more than their skills in the air. It required coordinated, collective actions of civil disobedience in which 162 officers risked their careers and their lives to stand up against systemic racism in the US Army Air Forces (AAF).

  6. The Tuskegee Airmen: Facts, Members, Planes & WWII Story - PBS

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    On March 7, 1942, the first class of cadets graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field to become the nation's first African American military pilots, now known as the Tuskegee...

  7. The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who enlisted to become Americas first black military airmen, at a time when there were many people who thought that black men lacked intelligence, skill, courage, and patriotism.

  8. What You Should Know About the Tuskegee Airmen

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    The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of Black pilots who helped the Allies win World War II -- and helped break the military color barrier.

  9. Tuskegee Airmen - Encyclopedia of Alabama

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    The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American pilots in U.S. military service, and the only ones in World War II. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen because all of them received their primary, basic, and advanced pilot training near the city of Tuskegee, Macon County.

  10. Tuskegee Airmen - National Museum of African American History and...

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    The Tuskegee Airmen epitomize courage and heroism. Their story, however, is more than just their legendary success escorting American bombers over Nazi Germany. Their story begins more than 23 years earlier.

  11. Tuskegee Airmen Definition - History

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    Tuskegee Airmen Definition: The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of the first all-black military pilot group who fought in World War Two. The group formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces.