Tuskegee Airmen

Who were the first black Aviators

• The Tuskegee Airmen

• The Afrika Corps

• The 12th bomb squadron

What was the nickname given to the 332nd fighter squadron.

• "red tails"

• "blue tails"

• "red wings"

• The Chicago Cubs

Who gave the executive order to train the Tuskegee Men

• FDR

• Harry Truman

• Kris Bryant

• George Bush

How many flying crosses did the men earn.

• 150

• 125

• 175

• 100

Which pilot was the first black graduate of West Point

• Charles Anderson

• Benjamin Davis Jr.

• Queen Elizabeth

• Louis Armstrong

What was Eleanor Roosevelt's quote after her ride with Charles Anderson.

• "Maybe Blacks can fly."

• "I was right."

• I was wrong"

• " Get away from me"

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