WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tuskegee Airmen achieved a number of successes during World War II. The 332nd Fighter Group was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for their actions on March 24, 1945. On their way to Berlin, Germany, the Red Tails destroyed three German ME-262’s.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 1, 200 missions for the 99th, 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons under the Twelfth Air Force. The 332nd Fighter Group flew at least 312 missions for the Fifteenth Air Force between early June 1944 and May 1945.

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: -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, they flew more than 15, 000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II.

Detailed explanation-5: -(6) The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American soldiers to successfully complete their training and enter the Army Air Corps . Almost 1000 aviators were produced as America’s first African American military pilots.