PRINTER'S NO. 561
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
50
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, ARGALL, BROWNE, DINNIMAN,
EICHELBERGER, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, MARTIN, RAFFERTY,
RESCHENTHALER, SCHWANK AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 21, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 21, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American
military pilots who served honorably during World War II.
WHEREAS, During World War I, African Americans had been
prohibited from serving as military pilots in the United States
Armed Forces on account of their race; and
WHEREAS, On April 3, 1939, in response to advocacy by civil
rights leaders and the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, the Congress of the United States approved
funding designated for the training of African-American military
pilots; and
WHEREAS, On March 22, 1941, the United States Army Air Corps
99th Pursuit Squadron was activated to become the first African-
American fighter squadron; and
WHEREAS, The members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron were the
first to be known as Tuskegee Airmen because they had received
their initial flight training at Moton Field, a segregated air
base in Tuskegee, Alabama; and
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