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Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen’s legacy still soars

In Civil Rights, Politics & Law posted by TD Staff

The Tuskegee Airmen used integrity, bravery, and talent to combat intense discrimination and break racial barriers.

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Sixty-nine years ago, the first aviation cadet class began in July 1941 at the Tuskegee Army Air Field (TAAF) in Tuskegee, Alabama. These thirteen pilots completed their training in March 1942. For the next five years, over 996 pilots graduated from TAAF



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