Tuskegee Airmen: A Legacy of Heroism in The War Abroad and in The U.S.
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MadameNoire
Before the Tuskegee Airmen, no African American has become a U.S. military pilot. Large numbers of men came from New York City, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit. The U.S. Army Air Corps established the Psychological Research Unit 1 at Maxwell Army Air Field in Montgomery, Alabama, as well as other units around the country, for aviation training, which included the identification, selection, education and training of pilots, navigators and bombardiers. Those who possessed the physical and mental qualifications were accepted as aviation cadets that were trained as single-engine pilots, and later as twin-engine pilots, navigators or bombardiers.
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