As KSHB 41 continues our Remembering the Red Tails series, we wanted to highlight a Kansas City-area organization that honors the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen.

The Tuskegee Airmen were nicknamed the “Red Tails” because of the distinctive red on the tails of their planes. The Tuskegee Airmen shot down 112 enemy planes during World War II.

The second annual Red Tails Classic will honor the sacrifices of the Tuskegee Airmen as Tuskegee and Fort Valley State kick off their seasons this weekend in Montgomery. Before the 6 p.m. Sunday ...

From 1941 to 1946, close to 1,000 African American pilots were trained as Tuskegee airmen, back in the days before Jan. 26, 1948, when Pres. Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating ...

Soon, the Tuskegee Airmen (as a group) were nicknamed the “red tails.” A 2012 George Lucas-produced film by the same name fictionalizes this unit’s success in shooting down German fighter ...

Americans know the 332nd and the Red Tails today as the most famous of the Tuskegee Airmen. Charles "Chief" Anderson was the first licensed Black commercial pilot in America in 1932.

The 2nd Annual Boeing Red Tails Classic between Tuskegee Tigers and Fort Valley State Wildcats will take place at the historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama, at 6:00 PM CT on Sept. 4.

Tuskegee faces Fort Valley State at Cramton Bowl on Sunday in the second Red Tails Classic. Here's what you need to know about the game and the teams.

The Tuskegee Airmen, known as the “Red Tails” were the nation's first Black military pilots who served in a segregated WWII unit and their all-Black 332nd Fighter Group had one of the lowest ...

Tuskegee faces Fort Valley State at Cramton Bowl on Sunday in the second Red Tails Classic. Here's what you need to know about the game and the teams.

A Tuskegee Airman crew poses in front of a B-25. (Courtesy photo) The 477th Medium Bombardment Group trained to fly B-25 Mitchell bombers, but the war ended before they saw action. (U.S. Air Force ...