- The true story of how a group of African-American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest United States fighter groups in World War II.
- Historical drama about the first African-American pilots in the US military during World War II. In 1942, a group of college graduates are selected for training as pilots in the Army Air Corps at the Tuskegee training base. In what is billed by everyone as an experiment, the men face not only the institutionalized prejudice of their white officers, but that generally found in the US South at the time. There are clearly those who would like to see this program fail, including the Major in charge of training and a southern US Senator. However, even when they distinguish themselves in North Africa, there is an attempt to disband them forever. In the end, they served their country with distinction and bravery, flying missions in Europe include providing bomber escort for the bombing of Berlin.—garykmcd
- During World War II, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African-American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the Tuskegee Airmen for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassment, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until they were finally able to prove themselves in combat. This drama movie based on real-life events follows one man, Hannibal Lee, through training to impossibly high standards, Congressional maneuvering, months without air-combat action, and finally acceptance and decoration as one of the 332nd Fighter Group, who never lost a bomber to enemy action.—Jwelch5742
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