Tuskegee Airmen: Leaving a Legacy

#DYK Have you heard of the Tuskegee Airmen? They were the first black military pilots in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. The Tuskegee Airmen proved themselves capable and flew over 15,000 individual missions and shot down 112 enemy airplanes during the war. Despite facing racism and segregation, they helped change the Army's policies on segregation, marking a turning point in the military's handling of race. The Tuskegee Airmen included male and female mechanics of differen