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The Tuskegee Airmen have become one of the most celebrated units in WWII history. This week, March 22, is the 80th anniversary of the activation of the first black flying unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron (later the 99th Fighter Squadron), at Chanute Field, Illinois. It moved to Tuskegee Army Airfield, Alabama, in November 1941 and the first black pilots graduated from training there in March 1942. Eventually, nearly 1,000 black pilots trained at Tuskegee, but the total number of Tuskegee Airmen serving in U.S. Army Air Force, including support personnel such as mechanics and logisticians, was more than 14,000. Their service and sacrifice proved pivotal in the human rights movement and integration of the U.S. armed forces. Many states have adopted the fourth Thursday of every March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day. (U.S. Air Force motion graphic by David Perry)
| Date Taken: | 03.24.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 03.25.2021 12:38 |
| Category: | PSA |
| Video ID: | 788414 |
| VIRIN: | 210324-F-BK017-0001 |
| Filename: | DOD_108248264 |
| Length: | 00:00:57 |
| Location: | UT, US |
| Downloads: | 11 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 11 |
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