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*These combat pioneers began their journey towards redefining America's relationship with Black men in the Air Force.On May 31, 1943, the 99th Squadron, the first group of men trained at what Tuskegee Institute.

Answer: Tuskegee in North Africa
Reference: http://www.afroam.org/history/tusk/tuskmain.html

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*The first Blacks in military aviation set foot on Arizona soil in 1949 when four African American pilots entered the school at Williams Air Force Base in Chandler. What kind of training where they going to be doing.

Answer: Jet Training
Reference: http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/afamer/avintro.htm

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