The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America’s first Black military airmen; Those who possessed the physical and mental qualifications and were accepted for aviation cadet training were trained initially to be pilots, and later to be either pilots, navigators, or bombardiers.
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