Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who enlisted to become America's first black military airmen, at a time when there were many people who thought that black men lacked intelligence, skill, courage and patriotism.

On the day the president of the United States honor the Tuskegee Airmen for their hard work and dedication during World War 2, a former pilot reflects back on his life as a black aviator in Tuskegee, Alabama.