Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II. Formally, 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 for the pilots.

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. During World War II, black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to the Jim Crow laws and the American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subjected to racial discrimination, both within and outside the army. All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee University, located near Tuskegee, Alabama; the group included five Haitians from the Haitian Air Force (Alix Pasquet, Raymond Cassagnol, Pelissier Nicolas, Ludovic Audant, and Eberle Guilbaud). There was also one pilot from Port of Spain, Trinidad, Eugene Theodore.

Tuskegee Airmen (disambiguation)

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II.

Tuskegee Airmen may also refer to:

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Troy Tigers

The Troy Tigers (a.k.a. Troy Dodgers and Troy Trojans) were a minor league baseball team, based in Troy, Alabama that played in the Alabama State League and its predecessor the Alabama–Florida League from 1936–1941. At that point the team moved to Tuskegee, Alabama and was briefly known as the Tuskegee Airmen before shutting down because of World War II. The Troy team reformed after the war in 1946 and lasted through 1949.

They were affiliated with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and Detroit Tigers.

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