Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Tour the Moton Field hangars where the Tuskegee Airmen trained, with a restored Link Trainer and exhibits on the cadets.

1616 Chappie James Ave · Tuskegee, AL

About Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Moton Field is where cadets trained as America's first African American military pilots during World War II. In Hangar 1 you take a walk back in time through the faces and places of that training, including a restored Link Trainer flight simulator. Exhibits also cover the women who served in the program, and you can see how small the plane was in which First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt flew with pilot Charles A. Anderson. The restored hangar opened to the public in 2008.

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