F-16 Squadron To Norway - Tuskegee Airmen

Secretary of Air Force (SECAF) Verne Orr (09Feb81-30Nov85) & Chief of Staff Gen. Gabriel to camera re spare parts pricing problems. Asking for suggestions & help in stopping over-pricing. 04:02:57 Opening Title: Air Force Now 04:03:07 Hill AFB, Ogen, Utah Operation Cornet-Jet 28Sep-26Oct84. Hanger opens, pixillated office including hurriedly counted money, F-16 unit prepares for deployment to Gardermoen AB, Norway. 04:03:48 SOF Col. to camera in front of line of planes explains “as though going to war...ready to play.” Briefing session w/ banner ...KILL MIGS; instructor at map, talks re fatigue, pep talk. 04:05:28 Fighter jet takes off at night; F-16As in flight, landing (GOOD). 04:06:32 Norwegian AF Major SOF: Hello America and welcome to Norway...I have to admit you came very well prepared”. F-16s on airfield, pilots meet Norwegians. Maintenance work; briefing session. F-16 landing from observation tower; F-16 taxiing. Norwegian on benefits of having USAF presence, NATO cooperation. 04:10:10 Project Warrior WWII Tuskegee airmen. Color of restored biplane in flight. Montage: Blacks training, in classroom, teacher at charts. VO by veterans. Black pilots on airfield; planes taxiiing, in flight. 04:11:32 CU photo of ‘Chief’ Alfred Anderson in 1940s; Anderson today on remains of Tuskegee Army airfield - overgrown - tours site w/ cutaways to footage of wartime activity. 04:12:57 Interview w/ Anderson - “there was a great desire among a number of Blacks to get into aviation...” reunited Black airmen recall joining cadets (Lt. Gen. B.O. Davis; Col. Lloyd McKeethen; Col. Paul Green; Col. Ed. Gleed; Col. Lowell Stewart). Aerial combat footage, enemy planes shot down; Black pilots in combat & talking to camera after missions. 04:15:39 ”I think it’s safe to say the Germans knew about us and respected us”. VO pilots re overcoming prejudice & desire to defend country. Remains of hangers, buildings at Tuskegee overgrown & deteriorated. Still photographs & footage w/ Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James speaking VO. WWII Army Airforce; Military Aviation; Segregation; Racism; Civil Rights; History;