#tuskegee airmen

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Lt. Alexander Jefferson✈️

Masters of the Air Part Nine

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Mustang Time! Oshkosh 2023

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

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

Photo by Toni Frissell — © Library of Congress

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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

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The Tuskegee Airmen.

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Actress Lena Horne posing with the Tuskegee airmen.

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Operation Dragoon takes place in three days. Your mission is what makes it possible.

MASTERS OF THE AIR Part Eight

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Red tail angels ❤️

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The Tuskegee Airmen being put in the second to last episode of Masters of the Air like an afterthought is so quintessentially American. It’s like a true reflection of how this country treats Black history and the achievements of Black men and women since the founding of the country.

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Lt. Alexander Jefferson ✈️

MASTERS OF THE AIR PART EIGHT

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Tuskegee Airmen 15th Air Force, 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Squadron