American Icons: The Tuskegee Airmen

The first African American combat pilots in U.S. military history, marking the 75th anniversary of their first deployment into WWII. Featuring:
Lt. Col. Harold Brown - Combat pilot of 30 missions, shot down over enemy territory on March 14, 1945.
Lt. Col. Robert Friend - Veteran of 142 combat missions and wingman to the unit's leader, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Lt. Col. George Hardy - Combat pilot of 21 missions over Germany with the Red Tails; later flew 45 combat missions in Korea, and 70 combat missions in Vietnam.
Lt. Col. James H. Harvey III - Pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group, flew on the team that won the military's first 'Top Gun' contest in 1949. The first African American jet pilot to fly in the Korean War.
Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson - Combat pilot, downed over France on his 19th mission; held POW in the Stalag Luft III camp.
Lt. Col. Harry Stewart - Amassed one of the most distinguished records of any pilot with the 'Red Tails,' shooting down three German fighters in one day, and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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[@bswins9648]

Watched this when it was Live streaming. Hats off to these guys. If any of the veterans are watching, thank you for your service.

[@56hueycobra]

Thank You All Tuskegee Airmen For Your Service ot Our Country in the U.S. ARMY AIRCORPS Then U.S. AIR FORCE

[@victoriawindsor7551]

Thank you for your Service!!!!

[@braindamage396]

Great video. I'm enjoying listening to all of them. I've been binge watching/ listening past couple weeks. Awesome.

[@curtisblackmore9807]

Yes, I enjoyed listening to them and very proud of them. I want to know what they thought of the two movies made about them. The Tuskegee Airmen and Red Tails.

[@spurredoutdoors8048]

It irritates me when they get cut off. These guys won’t be around much longer and we need to hear what they have to say before it’s too late.

[@brucelee8068]

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO MENTION SKIN COLOR HERE.......WHAT YOU MEN ARE, ARE GREAT AMERICANS AND THAT'S IT.......I SALUTE YOU ALL FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND GREAT AMERICANS COME IN ALL COLORS....THANKS TO ALL OF YOU...... AND GOD BLESS.

[@SPANKA.]

Our people are the best!!

[@tomsmith5216]

I met several pilots from the Tuskegee Airmen at an air show. They were intetesting to chat with, real fine gentlemen. I mentioned I was a helicopter crew chief in Vietnam, and they were more interested in asking me about that. I told them compared to their experiences it wasn't worth talking about lol.

[@DeeBus8]

My heart ❤️

[@charlestillie243]

I am an ex-serviceman myself thank you for your service

[@joselacera8716]

God bless this veterans they are talking about segregation but one of the colonel said that they were prisoners of war my question is if any white American prisoners were there how did they get along I served with the 9th Inf division thank you

[@somedude2630]

332nd!!!!!

[@juliemerritt5144]

You men are Heroes

[@richardcline1337]

Those were real MEN, not like the thugs we hear so much about today. They didn't want special "privileges" like those of today, they just wanted what they deserved, to be treated as equals by their peers.

[@quewalabear8575]

If all you are hearing about today is thugs I question your racism and the sources you funnel your information silo.

[@JeffreyAllanBackowski]

I was in an Attack Aviation unit for 8 years, I've worked with hundreds of different pilots from all branches of the military for every type of aircraft, fixed wing and rotor. In all that time I never once seen a black pilot, never heard of any that were currently serving, I wasn't even aware of any in existence. It takes more than skill and knowledge to be a pilot, those airplanes are flying death machines, what's to stop them if they decide to fly to DC and strafe The White House because they're mad about slavery or some other racial injustice? To be a pilot they look deep into your past, then they look into the past of your family and friends, you have to take personality tests, pilots are complete sociopaths. Do you think they want a pilot who is going to break down in tears because they took a human life? No, they want someone who gets off on killing, and will quickly move on to the next target KILL KILL KILL men, women, children it doesn't matter to a fighter pilot. If there were no black pilots around during modern times, then I highly doubt there were any during bigoted times, I bet my life on it. I also know first-hand that people in the military fabricate historic world changing events, it tears at my soul important battles that never happened will go down in history on Wikipedia as fact. Now (for me) all of written history has been called into question, I am critical of everything, even good things I want to believe, but I believe in nothing. That would be cool if there were Tuskegee Airmen, but unfortunately there weren't, I have no problem with black pilots, all the white pilots I met were dicks, didn't care much for any of them, pretty sure all the black ones would be dicks too, pretty sure it is a prerequisite to fly combat missions.

[@jonathanwaters2624]

Why should anybody believe you? Just using your same logic.

[@JeffreyAllanBackowski]

@@jonathanwaters2624 I don't want anyone to believe, I want people to know.

[@jonathanwaters2624]

@@JeffreyAllanBackowski Why should they trust in you? What makes you any different?

[@JeffreyAllanBackowski]

@@jonathanwaters2624 Who are they, do you have a frog in your poctket?

[@Steve-qn4sh]

Your blatant ignorance is mind bogging