Hangar interior, medium long shot, front view, General Lloyd W. "Fig" Newton, USAF, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, (center) stands with 16 Tuskegee airmen from the 100th Fighter Squadron, 340th Flying Training Group personnel and an unidentified USAF M

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Hangar interior, medium long shot, front view, General Lloyd W. "Fig" Newton, USAF, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, (center) stands with 16 Tuskegee airmen from the 100th Fighter Squadron, 340th Flying Training Group personnel and an unidentified USAF Major General in front of a T-38C Talon. The 100th FS was one of four all black units originally assigned to Tuskegee Army Air Base, Alabama. The World War II squadrons never lost a bomber under their escort to enemy fighters. Two Tuskegee Units the 99th and 100th FSs was reactivated as the 99th and 100th Flying Training Squadrons, 340th Flying Training Group, Air Force Reserve Command

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The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee ...