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Friday, January 20, 2012
The Two-Way
Late Tuskegee Airman Gets Arlington Honors As 'Red Tails' Film Opens
January 20, 2012 A member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen was buried Friday morning, the same day that Red Tails, a film dramatizing the pilots' heroic feats, came out. During World War II, Luke Weathers Jr. "shot down two German fighter planes while escorting a damaged bomber to its base," the AP reports.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
The Two-Way
Tuskegee Airmen Gather To Mark 70th Anniversary
August 3, 2011 America's first black military pilots are in Washington, D.C., to celebrate their 70th anniversary. And one of the planes used to train some of the 1,000 Tuskegee Airmen has been found.
Friday, March 25, 2011
The Picture Show
Eleanor Roosevelt's Flight With The First Black Aviators
March 25, 2011 Historic photos of the US Army's first African American pilot program.