P-51D Mustangs zoom past and all you can see are the plane's bright red tails. As we all know by now, the Tuskegee Airmen were one of the best, if not the best, fighter squadrons of World War II. I wanted to write something about aviation that interested me and that would influence the perspective on minorities in aviation. First I wanted to talk about how this whole group started and what it took to become the Red Tail as we all know it today. Also, what other planes did they fly during the war and some of the great name pilot that came for the Tuskegee Airmen and what they did after the war. First, and most, where the Tuskegee Airmen started and learned to fly planes. The Tuskegee Airmen first learned to fly at the Tuskegee Army Air Field which was located in Tuskegee AL or at Moton Field (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). During the training here, 2,483 people were trained in the two camps (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). Of the 2,483 people trained, 996 pilots graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field out of 996 pilots, 352 pilots were sent overseas to serve in Europe (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). Only 84 Tuskegee Airmen were killed overseas while serving in Europe of the 352 pilots sent there, representing less than 25% of the pilots (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). Tuskegee Army Air Field opened for training from July 19, 1941 to June 28, 1946, then the airfield finally on August 20, 1946 (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to get my flight training at this airport during this time in history. Well most people know when you talk about the Tuskegee Airmen that the plane they flew was the P-51 mustang I want to talk about the other planes that flew before t......middle of paper..... .museum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2213Goldstein, R. (3 February 2010) . Lee A. Archer Jr., 90, Tuskegee fighter pilot. The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04archer.html?_r=0Johnson, T. (2009, October 1). TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE. http://www.tuskegee.edu. Retrieved April 26, 2014, from http://www.tuskegee.edu/Uploads/files/About%20US/Airmen/TuskegeeExperience-TuskegeeAirmen.pdfThe Tuskegee Airmen: 5 Fascinating Facts. (January 20, 2012). History.com. Retrieved April 26, 2014, from http://www.history.com/news/the-tuskegee-airmen-5-fascinating-factsTuskegee Airmen. (n.d.). History Net: where history comes to life. Retrieved April 26, 2014, from http://www.historynet.com/tuskegee-airmen All my photos are credited to Google Images except the one on the cover, which is a photo of me, thanks for reading