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  Red Tails played vital role in WWII …

                                                                                                                       Senior Airman Grace Lee  This airpark is dedicated to the
                                                                                                                                                Red Tail warriors of the Tuskegee
                                                                                                                                                Airmen. The F-16 Fighting Falcon
                                                                                                                                                static display has a red tail in honor
                                                                                                                                                of the 332nd Fighter Group, which
                                                                                                                                                was known as the Red Tail Angels
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                                                                                                                                                of the F-16 is painted with the
                                                                                                                                                words “By request,” taken from
                                                                                                                                                the nose art of Col. Benjamin Davis
                                                                                                                                                who told his fellow pilots that un-
                                                                                                                                                der no circumstances were they to
                                                                                                                                                leave the bombers they were pro-
                                                                                                                                                tecting even after the bombs had
                                                                                                                                                been dropped. The P-51 was one of
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                                                                                                                                                time when the 332nd Fighter Group
                                                                                                                                                began to develop a reputation with
                                                                                                                                                its escorted bomber groups. Bomb-
                                                                                                                                                er groups knew that if they were
                                                                                                                                                escorted by the Red-tailed Mus-
                                                                                                                                                tangs they stood a greater chance
                                                                                                                                                of returning home from their mis-
                                                                                                                                                sions. Very soon the 332nd FG was
                                                                                                                                                placed on many mission boards
                                                                                                                                                “by request.” This delighted Davis
                                                                                                                                                so much, that he had his crew chief
                                                                                                                                                paint the phrase on the side of his
                                                                                                                                                aircraft. The airpark is near the
                                                                                                                                                944th Fighter Wing headquarters
                                                                                                                                                building on Super Sabre Street.

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