In a tribute to the surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen present, Kermit Weeks makes a high speed pass center stage at the "Gathering of Mustangs and Legends" airshow in September 2009. Photo: Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. - OPShots.net
The Tuskegee Airmen and their historic journey are coming to the big screen in the movie Red Tails, slated to hit theaters next Friday.
Directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas, the film chronicles the lives of the first African Americans to complete pilot training for the Army Air Forces during World War II. The film centers upon the members of the 332nd fighter group as they face discrimination both at home, during their training at Moton Field, Alabama, and abroad, as they escort bombers during raids in Europe.
