#tuskegee airmen

[saywhat-politics]

Obeying Trump order, Air Force will stop teaching recruits about Tuskegee Airmen

President Donald Trump’s assault on federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has claimed a new victim – the Tuskegee Airmen.

Obeying Trump order, Air Force will stop teaching recruits about Tuskegee Airmen

[lionofchaeronea]

Men of the 332nd Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces, aka the "Tuskegee Airmen," pose with a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. The photo was taken between May 1942 and August 1943; the location is unknown but may have been North Africa or southern Italy.

[mrsoulstice]

Tuskegee Airmen Appreciation

[pettyshippen]

Because I’m a bored history girly, I present to you; Historical figures and their Night at the Museum counterparts.

The casting department did not fuck around.

[sharkboyandlavalieb]

MASTERS OF THE AIR - fandom text posts

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[missbliss12]

Always liked the Wonder Woman: Year One idea of black Steve Trevor and imagined him in WW2 as a Tuskegee Airmen. Since Trump tried to erase the fact they existed, here’s a Tuskegee Airmen Trevor and Wonder Woman (also mixed because Philippus is her other mother and Nubia’s her twin!) and Candy. Fight Nazis always.

[bohemian-nights]

Lt. Alexander Jefferson✈️

Masters of the Air Part Nine

[thestonecuttersguild]

Mustang Time! Oshkosh 2023

[majoregan]

[citizenscreen]

The #TuskegeeAirmen

[nocternalrandomness]

Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd FG photographed in Aug 1944 at Ramitelli Airfield , Italy

[saywhat-politics]

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The tails of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those of the Guard’s F-16s before them. It’s an homage to the famed Alabama-based unit of the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew red-tailed P-51 Mustangs during World War II.

The squadron, which trained in the state, was the nation’s first to be comprised of Black military pilots, shattering racial barriers and racist beliefs about the capabilities of Black pilots. Their success in combat paved the way for the desegregation of the U.S. military, a story that is interwoven in state and U.S. history. Yet for a moment after President Donald Trump took office, that history was almost scrubbed by the Air Force.

[floydmtalbert]

An unidentified Tuskegee airman standing on an airfield, looking at airplanes. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945.

Photo by Toni Frissell — © Library of Congress

[mimi-0007]

Paul Adams 1920-2013, joined the Tuskegee Airmen shortly after graduating from South Carolina State University. He flew with the 332nd Fighter Squadron (the famed "Red Tails") throughout WWII. He would retire from the military in 1962. He then would become a teaching in the Lincoln (NE) public school system. They named Adams Elementary school for him in 2008.

Paul Adams and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American aviators in the U.S. military, whose distinguished record many historians credit with helping pave the way for the civil rights movement.

The group set an unprecedented record, flying more than 1,500 missions in Europe and North Africa. Adam served in nine major campaigns and received the Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, each of which signifies subsequent bestowals of the same honor.

Doane College recognized him with the President's Honor of Distinction Award the same year. In 2007, he received the Congressional Gold Medal along with other Tuskegee Airmen, who were known as "guardian angels" by white airmen who were escorted by the African-American pilots during the war. Adams received a bronze replica at a ceremony in Lincoln. Doane College recognized him with the President's Honor of Distinction Award the same year.

And two years later, Adams, at President Barack Obama's invitation, attended the inauguration of the first black president along with other Tuskegee Airmen. Adams went on to become one of the first black teachers in LPS, and in 2008, his accomplishments were honored when the district named a new school after him.

He became a frequent visitor at Adams Elementary, where books about Tuskegee Airmen fill the library and teachers make a point to read them to students. The history became an integral part of Adams Elementary school

[peachesodell]

The Tuskegee Airmen ... here with a P-40.

[kylaym]

Red tail angels ❤️