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Lionel Richie performed for the Tuskegee Airmen, their families, friends and fellow servicemembers to celebrate the grand opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Oct. 11, 2008, at the new Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery, Ala. Moton Field in nearby Tuskegee, Ala., was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, who became known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

Lionel Richie performed for the Tuskegee Airmen, their families, friends and fellow servicemembers to celebrate the grand opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Oct. 11, 2008, at the new Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery, Ala. Moton Field in nearby Tuskegee, Ala., was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, who became known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

Lionel Richie performed for the Tuskegee Airmen, their families, friends and fellow servicemembers to celebrate the grand opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Oct. 11, 2008, at the new Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery, Ala. Moton Field in nearby Tuskegee, Ala., was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, who became known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

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