Tuskegee Army - Air Field (T.A.A.F)
Located just north of Tuskegee, Alabama on Highway 199, the Tuskegee Army - Air Field was the first home for the Tuskegee Airmen, who became the "Red Tails". This military base, established before there was a United States Air Force, was the air training site for the colored men and women preparing to fight in World War II. The base had over 200 buildings and a population of over 3,000 personnel. The site later became known as "Shaw Field".
Tuskegee Army Airfield Training
Tuskegee Army Airfield Current Status
Tuskegee Army Nurses
The Tuskegee Airmen were not the only ones making history at the Tuskegee Army Air Field (TAAF) in Tuskegee, Alabama during the 1940s. The nurses who served on the base had to fight gender as well as racial discrimination. The Department of the Army was dragging its feet on allowing women of any race into the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)–that is until the United States entered World War II and there was a shortage of nurses. Approximately 29 black nurses served at TAAF.
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