The Tuskegee Airmen™ #114495
Description
Prior to the Tuskegee Airmen, no U.S. military pilots had been African American. A series of legislative moves by the United States Congress in 1941 forced the Army Air Corps to form an all-black combat unit, despite the War Department's reluctance. In an effort to eliminate the unit before it could begin, the War Department set up a system to accept only those with a level of flight experience or higher education that was expected would be hard to fill. This policy failed dramatically when the Air Corps received an abundance of applications from men who qualified--even under these restrictive specifications--many of whom already had participated in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, in which the historically black Tuskegee Institute had participated since 1939.
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| Measured (UTC) | Members | Change |
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| 18 Aug 2026, 01:49 | 6 | first reading |
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