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The first African American fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps became the public face of the Tuskegee Airmen and made extraordinary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe during World War II, but their success was made possible by the thousands of men and women who served in military support roles. More than 10,000 African American men and women took part in the Tuskegee Airmen experience, and all of them—not just the pilots—are Tuskegee Airmen, including flight instructors, weather forecasters, medical staff, radio technicians, communications specialists, transportation personnel, mechanics, parachute riggers, laboratory assistants, air traffic controllers, gunners, cooks, aircraft armorers, electricians, musicians, administrative staff, firefighters, photographers, and supply technicians.
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Tuskegee, Alabama · United States
