February 19, 1942 – First African-American military aviators in the U.S armed forces

On February 19, 1942, the Tuskegee Airmen were initiated into the armed forces. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American flying unit in the U.S military.  What began as a revolutionary experiment gave birth to a potent fighting force that would help take Nazi Germany out of the skies and, in the process, change the course of American history.
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