HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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The Blue Angels
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The Tuskegee Airmen
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The Thunderbirds
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The Rough Riders
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Army Air Forces established several African American organizations, including fighter and bombardment groups and squadrons. Between 1941 and 1946, roughly 1, 000 black pilots were trained at a segregated air base in Tuskegee, AL.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Anyone – man or woman, military or civilian, black or white-who served at Tuskegee Army Air Field or in any of the programs stemming from the ‘Tuskegee Experience’ between the years 1941-1949 is considered to be a documented Original Tuskegee Airman (DOTA), ‘’ the Tuskegee Airmen historical site said.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. During their years of operation, 1940 to 1946, 996 pilots were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tuskegee Airmen is the term used to describe the black fighter pilots of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, later incorporated into the 332nd Fighter Group, who fought during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corps that were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Tuskegee, Alabama.