Tuskegee Airmen

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• The first aviators to fly during World War II and Vietnam.

• The first black military aviators in the Army Air Corps.

• The first soldiers to go to the Korean War and make it out alive.

• The first flyers of any combat mission war in the Pacific Theater.

What is an outcome of the Tuskegee Airmen?

• Eventual integration of the U.S armed forces

• Pilots learned to eat healthier when they flew.

• Black people all over the world got respect.

• Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama committed to pilot school.

Who were TWO famous people of flight many aspired and hoped to be like at this time?

• Orville Redinbacker

• Charles Lindbergh

• Amelia Earhart

• Michael Jackson

Who was the president that expanded civilian pilot training program in the United States?

• Harry S. Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George W. Bush

What was the belief about black aviators at this time in history?

• Blacks were superior to whites and outperformed whites in combat

• Whites were superior to blacks and outperformed blacks in combat

• Blacks wanted their own military to outperform whites in combat

• Whites wanted a integrated military to outperform black in combat

Why do you think the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama was chosen as the training site for the Tuskegee Airmen?

• Because Alabama is home to lots of black people.

• Because it was founded by Booker T. Washington

• Because It was founded Colonel Sanders

• Because this is where black people wanted it to be

After a visit from what famous individual, the Tuskegee Experiment gained popularity and publicity

• Booker T. Washington

• Benjamin O. Davis

• First lady, Eleanor Roosevelt

• Charles C. Anderson

Where is the first place the Tuskegee Airmen were deployed to?

• North China

• North Africa

• South America

• Eastern Asia

After being fussed at for their performance in Sicily, the Tuskegee Airmen could have been sent home. Instead they were sent to__ where they definitely proved themselves in combat.

• Germany

• Japan

• Canada

• Italy

Why were the tails of many of the Tuskegee Airmen planes painted red?

• Because the color red means war

• To help identify the planes easier

• To scare the enemies away

• Red means blood and death