[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 332d Fighter Group and its four elements, the 99th, 100th, 301st, and 302d Fighter Squadrons, were the only African-American organizations in the Army Air Forces to enter combat during World War II. They are more popularly called the "Tuskegee Airmen" because they trained at Tuskegee Institute's Moton Field and then at nearby Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama.
