I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
In honor of the day we celebrate Martin Luther King's birthday, I am sharing a 14 minute video from the Black Journal about Black pilots in WW II, there fight to even be pilots in the military, the birth of the Tuskegee Airmen and the training of Black military pilots, the role of the Tuskegee Airmen, the prejudices they faced, and their important role in the air war in WW II, and their role after WW II in the military and in the civilian population.
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