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Tuskegee Airmen: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Tuskegee Airmen. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Air and Space Forces Magazine - The Tuskegee Airmen, Heroes of War and Peace. Jul 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Tuskegee Airmen. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Black History in America - The Tuskegee Airmen. Oct 30, 2023
Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Original Tuskegee Airmen. Aug 22, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Tuskegee Airmen. Jul 12, 2023
Add new Web site: MIT Black History - Tuskegee Airmen. Jan 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Military.com - What You Should Know About the Tuskegee Airmen. Dec 06, 2022
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Tuskegee Airmen. Jun 20, 2022
Media added. Jan 23, 2020
Corrected display issue. Jul 09, 2019
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - The Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen. Feb 22, 2017
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - The Tuskegee Red-Tail Angels. Feb 15, 2017
Add new Web site: Official Site of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: United States Army - History of the Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: National Museum of the United States Air Force - Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum - Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: The George Washington University - The Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: PBS - Who are the Tuskegee Airmen? Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: Tuskegee University - Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Add new Web site: The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum - Tuskegee Airmen. Sep 26, 2012
Made clear that the NAACP and black press advocated for African Americans to be allowed to be military pilots but opposed the proposal to create a segregated unit. May 02, 2012
Media added. Sep 08, 2010
Updated to reflect the current scholarship on the number of bombers lost to enemy fighters. Sep 08, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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