P-51D Mustangs zooming in and all you can see is the bright red tail of the plane. As we all know by now, the Tuskegee Airmen were one of, if not the best, fighter squadron of World War II. I wanted to write a few articles about aviation that interested me and affected the perspective of minorities in aviation. First, I wanted to talk about how this whole team got started and what it took for them to become the Red Tails as we all know it today. Also what other planes flew during the war and some of the great named pilot who came for the Tuskegee Airmen and what they did after the war. First and foremost, where did the Tuskegee Airmen start and learn to fly airplanes. Tuskegee Airmen first learned to fly at Tuskegee Army Airfield, located at Tuskegee AL or Moton Field (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). During the training here, 2,483 people were trained in both fields (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). Of the 2,483 people trained, 996 pilots graduated from Tuskegee Army Airfield, 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 out of the 352 pilots sent there, less than 25% of the pilots (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). Tuskegee Army Airfield was open for training from July 19, 1941 to June 28, 1946, and finally the airfield on August 20, 1946 (TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE PG.2). I couldn't even imagine what it would have been like to get my flight training at this airfield at this time in history. Well, most people know that when you talk about the Tuskegee Airmen, the plane that they flew was the P-51 Mustang. I want to talk about the other planes they flew first before middle of paper......museum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2213Goldstein, R. (February 3, 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. (October 1, 2009). TUSKEGEE EXPERIENCE. http://www.tuskegee.edu. Accessed 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. Accessed April 26, 2014, from http://www.history.com/news/the-tuskegee-airmen-5-fascinating-factsTuskegee Airmen. (nd). History Net: where history comes alive. 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