Eight Tuskegee airmen pose in front of a P-40 fighter
On March 22, 1941, the War Department and the Army Air Corps activated the first black flying unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, at first composed of African American enlisted men, at Chanute Field, Illinois. The 99th Pursuit Squadron was later redesignated the 99th Fighter Squadron, and received its first pilots in March 1942, after they graduated from advanced flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Field. (Photo courtesy of www.history.com)
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