Red Tail dream alive in Alabama

摘要

THE RED TAIL Scholarship Foundation honors World War II Tuskegee Airmen by training future generations of African American pilots and mechanics from Moton Field Municipal Airport in central Alabama, the site of a 275-acre grass airfield where Tuskegee flight students practiced basic flying skills during World War II. The first black U.S. military aviators went on to defy expectations, and their heroic performance in World War II helped pave the way for future black pilots. The aviation scholarship foundation was established in 2017 to honor their legacy. Board member Hammond Cobb said the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation's objective is to create more African American aviators than the nearly 1,000 fighter and bomber pilots who earned their wings during the war. "The legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is not in a museum, but it's in the hearts of future aviators," Hammond said.