At first the Tuskegee Airmen was a project for the government to see if it would work out. It was for the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. The Tuskegee Airmen were forced to constantly suffer harassment, prejudice, and a lot to do with the critics back home. They had to take a test to see if they could become a pilot and they passed. When they showed up one of the Sargents made them take the test again which they passed again. The Sargents were really surprised. Then from there on out the pilots only got better.
The attitudes of the other pilots dramatically changed towards the Tuskegee Airmen over the course of their service because they realized that even though the Tuskegee Airmen were African Americans they were still really amazing pilots. At first they criticized the Tuskegee Airmen only because of there race, when in all reality they were just as good of pilots if not better than the whites. The attitudes towards the blacks changed because other pilots realized they were really good at what they were doing and they would be a good contribution to other services if needed.
The legacy left was that skin color doesn’t matter. People said that they don’t want blacks being supporters for the battles in the air. The blacks proved to everyone that they were just as good if not better than the white pilots. Towards the end the white pilots realized that they really needed the black pilots to help them in the air because they had never lost a bomber to an enemy aircraft. The Germans wanted to make sure that their backup was a reliable source to make sure that all the pilots came back alive. This made whites realize that skin color doesn’t matter because anyone can be a pilot if they really set there mind to it.
By: Chris L, Jess K, and Liza P.