...University only 7 miles from Moton Field. The basic and advanced flight training took place at a much larger airfield called Tuskegee Army Air Field. Tuskegee Army Air Field is about 19 miles north of Moton Field. Cadets who were in the basic and advanced phases of flight training lived on base. The base had four paved runways and three large hangars. Each phase was about 9 weeks each. On average it took about 27 weeks to complete flight training. Graduation numbers were very impressive. The total number of pilots graduated is 996. The Air Force was very impressed with the cadets and the graduation numbers so they continued to fund the program. After months of waiting for an assignment the 99th squadron, under the leadership of LTC B.O. Davis, Jr. arrived in North Africa. Despite the hard tasks they were given, they proved themselves in combat. After the success of the 99th squadron, more groups were sent into war. The newly created 332nd squadron was the first squadron to be assigned to escort bombers. They were extremely successful. They did not lose one bomber on the first mission they ever flew. When they flew bomber missions they would fly the P-47 Thunderbolt airplanes. “Sometimes a P-47 was called a Jug.” Quotes Lt. Col. George Hardy in the book. The plane has a very large air-cooled engine, and was excellent in a dive. This made combat very easy. Many Tuskegee Airmen liked the airplane because its large engine helped protect them from enemy fire facing them, and because the...
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...[pic] FIRST ARMY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVE COURSE STUDENT GUIDE TO CULTURAL AWARENESS INDEX LESSON TITLE PAGE 1 Philosophical Aspects of Culture SG- 3 C1 Native American Experience SG- 4 C2 White American Experience SG- 23 C3 Arab American Experience SG- 43 C4 Hispanic American Experience SG- 53 C5 Black American Experience SG- 76 C6 Asian American Experience SG-109 C7 Jewish American Experience SG-126 C8 Women in the Military SG-150 C9 Extremist Organizations/Gangs SG-167 STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING FAMILIARIZED WITH ALL CLASS MATERIAL PRIOR TO CLASS. INFORMATION PAPER ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE Developed by Edwin J. Nichols, Ph.D. |Ethnic Groups/ |Axiology |Epistemology |Logic |Process | |World Views | | | | | |European |Member-Object |Cognitive |Dichotomous |Technology | |Euro-American |The highest value lies in the object |One knows through counting |Either/Or...
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