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The Red Tail Squadron, part of the non-profit Commemorative Air Force (CAF), known as the Red Tail Project until June 2011, maintains and flies a World War II era North American P-51C Mustang.
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The Red Tail Squadron were America’s first black military pilots and their support personnel. They are best known for the extraordinary efforts in the air war of World War II, and for challenging the stereotypes that had kept black Americans from serving as pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The red markings that distinguished the Tuskegee Airmen included red bands on the noses of P-51s as well as a red empennage; the P-51B, C and D Mustangs flew with similar color schemes, with red propeller spinners, yellow wing bands and all-red tail surfaces.
Jun 5, 2024 · Now, Moody’s story, and that of the Tuskegee airmen as a whole, are being told in a National Geographic special, The Real Red Tails, which premiered May 31. Told with archival films, Lake Huron...
Jan 22, 2013 · These brave men were the first black pilots in the United States Army, and they fought with distinction during World War II. The Red Tails, as they came to be known, overcame...
May 5, 2020 · Nicknamed the “Red Tails” for the distinctive red-painted tails of their fighter planes, the Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 15,000 individual sorties and some 1,500 combat missions in World...
Mar 21, 2016 · A restored P-51 “Red Tail” named Tuskegee Airmen in a 2009 photo. After flying instruction, advanced students went on to learn fighters. Pilot production continued throughout the war, eventually training 685 fighter pilots and 245 bomber pilots.
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