First Class of Tuskegee Airmen

The first graduates of the Tuskegee Flight Training Program stand for review by Maj. James A. Ellison in this photo from Moton Field in 1941.

First class of Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering Black military pilots of World War II
Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

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Tuskegee Flight Training Program

Tuskegee Flight Training Program

First class of Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering Black military pilots of World War II

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