THEY GOT THEIR NAME FROM THEIR TRAINING FACILITY IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. LAST MARCH. THE STATE OF FLORIDA UNANIMOUSLY PASSED LEGISLATION TO MAKE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN DAY AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY. I AM SO ...
The Tuskegee Airmen unit was established in 1941 as the 99th Pursuit Squadron based at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, is among the last few airmen and support crew who proved that a Black unit — the 332nd Fighter Group of the Tuskegee Airmen — could fight as well as any other in ...