Tuskegee Airmen, one of the most celebrated groups of African American service members, played a vital role in dominating the air battle in Europe and Africa during World War II. From 1941 to 1946, 996 African American men completed their military aviator training at the Tuskegee Institute, a historically Black college in Alabama. Of those men, 355 served overseas during World War II, with 84 dying in the conflict. Here at Arlington National Cemetery, there are over 30 Tuskegee Airmen laid to re