# @cnnpolitics on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ButeZA2g309
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76558853-cnnpolitics-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-03-07T14:31:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) — https://gondola.cc/CNNPolitics

## Caption

#OnThisDay in 1942, the first five Tuskegee Airmen completed pilot training and became the first African-American pilots in the US Army Air Corps. Seen here with four of his fellow pilots and their instructor, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. eventually became the US Air Force's first black general. (📸 Library of Congress)

#tbt #throwback #throwbackthursday #blackhistory #blackandwhite #military #airforce #us #UShistory #america #wwii #history #tuskegeeairmen #tuskegee

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blackhistory, throwback, history, airforce, blackandwhite, throwbackthursday, ushistory, us, tuskegeeairmen, military, tbt, america, wwii, tuskegee, onthisday

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