Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Hiram Mann speaks at the 16th Airliift Squadron Nov. 2, 2012 at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, Entering the Army Air Corps as a pre-aviation student in 1942, Mann was assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Red Tail Angels, in Italy. He flew the P-40 "Warhawk" and the P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter-type aircraft, and co-piloted in a B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, a C-47 "Gooney-bird", and a C-45 "Expediter cargo planes. ( Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashlee Galloway)

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