They were trained as pilots .
The Tuskegee Airmen trained in Tuskegee, Alabama which is where they got their name.
Because they trained originally at Tuskegee,moton field
There are a number of interesting facts about the Tuskegee Airmen. Most notably, these men all volunteered to fight for their country. There were 1,000 pilots trained in Tuskegee in the early 1940s.
The tuskegee airmen are in there 80's and 90s
The Tuskegee Airmen ended as soon as WWII ended.
The Tuskegee Airmen began training in June 1941 at the Tuskegee Institute. Forty-seven officers and 429 enlisted men made up the Tuskegee Airmen.
The motto of Tuskegee Airmen is 'Spit Fire'.
the Tuskegee airmen formed in 1942 after nine months of training.
Answer The Tuskegee airmen were trained at Tuskegee and formed into the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Later their group included 33rd , 324th, and 79th Fighter Groups and eventually the 332 Fighter Group that was stationed in Italy. They escorted bombers from the 15th Air Force on missions to Germany, Austria and Hungary. There were no US airmen stationed in Hungary.
To get correct confirmation of Colonel James Powell being a Tuskegee Airmen please contact the Tuskegee Airmen Organization at the link below.
The Tuskegee Airmen have their own official website. It is called the tuskegeeairman org and it has a list of all the men who were in this group. I did not see individual nicknames but you can look up each airmen on their site. They were called the Tuskegee Airmen because they trained at the airbase in Tuskegee, Alabama. The organization's site also lists their squadron and where they flew.