Tuskegee airman recalls barrier-breaking past

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February 21st, 2011

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A group of Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American unit in the U.S. Air Force, pictured in Ramitelli, Italy in 1945 (Photo courtesy Library of Congress, Wikimedia)

Lincoln, NE – Past met present when one of the first African-American military aviators met his modern day counterparts at Offutt Air Force Base near Bellevue. Mike Tobias has more on the contrast in race relations on display.

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