What is Tuskegee Airmen?
{{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Tuskegee Airmen (unofficial) |image= Shield of the 332nd Fighter Group.svg |caption= Emblems of wing |dates= 1940–1952 |country= [[United States]] |allegiance= |branch= [[United States Army Air Forces|United States Army Air Corps]]<br /> [[United States Army Air Forces]]<br />[[United States Air Force]] |type= |role= Fighter unit |size= |command_structure= [[332nd FG|332nd Fighter Group]] ([[99th Fighter Squadron]], [[100th Fighter Squadron]], [[301st Fighter Squadron]], [[302d Fighter Squadron]]), [[477th Fighter Group|477th Medium Bombardment Group]] ([[616th Bombardment Squadron]], [[617th Bombardment Squadron]], [[618th Bombardment Squadron]], [[619th Bombardment Squadron]]) |current_commander= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= Red Tails<br> Red-Tail Angels |patron= |motto= ''Spit Fire'' |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= [[World War II]] |anniversaries= }} The '''Tuskegee Airmen''' {{IPAc-en|t|ʌ|s|ˈ|k|iː|ɡ|iː}} is the [[Popular culture|popular]] name for a [[group]] of [[African-American]] military [[pilot]]s ([[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] and [[bomber]]) who fought in [[World War II]]. [[Formal]]ly, they formed the [[332nd FG|332nd Fighter Group]] and the [[477th Fighter Group|477th Bombardment Group]] of the [[United States Army Air Forces]]. The name also applies to the [[crew]] members and support[[person|personnel]]. Their units were all [[Black people|black]] and all [[Racial segregation|segregated]].<ref name=Axelrod319>Alan Axelrod, ''The Real History of World War II: A New Look at the Past'' (New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 2008), p. 319</ref> They had an outstanding record. As [[escort fighter|fighter escorts]] they had the [[reputation]] that not a single bomber was lost to [[enemy]] action while being escorted by Tuskegee airmen.<ref name=Axelrod319/> The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military [[Pilot|aviators]] in the [[United States Armed Forces]]. During World War II, Black Americans in many U.S. st