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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A group of Black pilots look at a document.

Pilot Planning

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black pilots who fought in World War II. They made up the 332nd Fighter Group and 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces.

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