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The 99th Pursuit Squadron, formed by the War Department, transfers for training in Tuskegee, Alabama
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The Grand opening of the Tuskegee Army AIr Field.
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The first class of Tuskegee pilots graduate and they earn their wings. (Become Pilots
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Despite hesistation to send Blacks into war, the 99th Squadron (The Lonely Eagles) heads for North Africa.
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Captain Charles B. Hall is the first Tuskegee pilot to destroy an enemy aircraft. He shoots down a FW-190 and damges a Me-109.
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Four pilots of the 332nd are awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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The men of the 477th protest the strict segregationist policies ordered by base commander Colonel Robert Selway in a document called Regulation 85-2.
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The Air Force verifies the service records of the Tuskegee Airmen involved in the "Freeman Field Mutiny" vindicating their stand for equality.
