A close-up view of a plaque at Tuskegee Airmen's Plaza honoring GEN. Daniel "Chappie" James, the nation's first black four-star Air Force general, and other black Americans who played significant roles in civil and military aviation. The GEN. Daniel "Chappie" James Center for Aerospace Science and H

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A close-up view of a plaque at Tuskegee Airmen's Plaza honoring GEN. Daniel "Chappie" James, the nation's first black four-star Air Force general, and other black Americans who played significant roles in civil and military aviation. The GEN. Daniel "Chappie" James Center for Aerospace Science and Health Education, part of the Airmen's Plaza at Tuskegee University, honors the achievements of GEN. James.

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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 ...