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for military members on deployment .

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Going to the movies is always a special

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treat . But for these airmen of the

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332nd Air Expeditionary Wing stationed

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in the Middle East attending one latest

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blockbuster is more than an opportunity

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to unwind , its a chance to learn about

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their heritage . Mhm

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A few more to come .

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Oh ,

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these airmen are members of the same

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unit as the Tuskegee Airmen who formed

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the first squadron of African american

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fighter pilots in World War Two

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based down challenges and they overcame .

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And this particular group , the

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tuskegee Airman did that and it was

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just so quiet for so long and then

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their story was told and the Air Force

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never forgot their story . The Air

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Force has had a three 32nd and other

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units that are named in honor of the

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tuskegee airmen for quite some time .

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And the young folks that I work with

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today are so outstanding and they're

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carrying on that heritage and that's

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what it just makes it so special for me .

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At least today their story is told in

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the film red tails and these airmen

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have been given a free ticket to attend

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a special showing just for them .

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Really take pride in the fact that we

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are the three 32nd red tails while

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being able to Washington to be at the

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same time . It's pretty amazing

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actually . It's a tremendous under ,

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it's it's a huge responsibility . It's

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something that I wake up every morning

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and I just hope to live up to the

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legacy And today these airmen proudly

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consider themselves as tuskegee airmen .

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So you're gonna go home sometime in

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your folks are going to say , friends

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and family are gonna say , hey , what

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do you do in the Air Force while I was

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served ? I did this , I went there , I

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did all these sort of things , but I

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was a red tail , I was a tuskegee

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airman . And then that linkage is gonna ,

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immediately , because of this film is

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going to open doors for you to be able

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to share the message of the heritage of

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what you're so proud of right here

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today with people around you , Staff

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Sergeant Michael McCool , Southwest

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Asia .