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Lucas spent $58 million of his own money to produce “Red Tails,” an action movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American aerial combat unit that paved the way for the integration of the US armed services. by Gene Rector The Museum of Aviation's "Tuskegee Airmen: A Proud Heritage" exhibit has won recognition from [...]

A Tuskegee airman who shot down two German fighter planes while escorting a damaged bomber to its base now lies in Arlington National Cemetery after a burial with special honors. Luke Weathers Jr.'s burial comes as They painted the rudders of their planes red so that people would know who they were. "Red Tails" opens [...]

By BOB JOHNSON AP Herbert Carter and Oscar Gadson trained to be a part of the famed Tuskegee Airmen in the 1940s in segregated Alabama and never thought they would see the day when they would be the guests of honor in the governor's office at the Lucas spent $58 million of his own money [...]

Similarly, many of The Tuskegee Airmen have said they were eager to discredit a 1925 Army War College study which concluded that blacks lacked the intelligence, ambition and courage to serve in combat. Neal too did his best to dispel any preconceived “Red Tails” tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen. The year is 1944. [...]