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Before the Tuskegee Airmen could take on Nazi fighter pilots, they had to fight racism at home from military leaders who wanted them grounded to a country that questioned their worth.
This is the untold story of the Black pilots who rose from segregation and doubt to become the most requested escort squadron in WWII. Led by Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the Redtails proved every doubter wrong as a group of young Black men dared to take to the skies and rewrite history.

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