- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
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"Moton Field" redirects here. For the municipal airport, see Moton Field Municipal Airport.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
The Hangar One Museum at The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama
Location Tuskegee, Alabama, USA Coordinates 32°27′26″N 85°40′48″W / 32.45722°N 85.68°WCoordinates: 32°27′26″N 85°40′48″W / 32.45722°N 85.68°W Area 44.71 acres (0.18 km2) Established November 6, 1998 Visitors 10,323 (in 2005) Governing body National Park Service Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, commemorates the contributions of African American airmen in World War II. Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. It was constructed in 1941 as a new training base. The field was named after former Tuskegee Institute principal Robert Russa Moton, who died the previous year.
Poster of a Tuskegee Airman.
National historic site
Established on November 6, 1998, the National Historic Site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places the same day. The site has a temporary visitor center. Hangar One has been restored and the grand opening of the site was October 10, 2008. The Hangar One Museum is open for tours Wednesday-Sunday. Tours are free of charge to the public. An oral history project, consisting of interviews of hundreds of people involved in the Tuskegee Expereince, was completed in 2005 and will eventually be available to the public.
External links
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, from the National Park Service
- Legends of Tuskegee, from the National Park Service
- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, from the National Park Service
- Tuskegee Airmen
Protected Areas of Alabama Federal Horseshoe Bend National Military Park • Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site • Tuskegee Institute National Historic SiteBon Secour • Cahaba River • Choctaw • Eufaula • Fern Cave • Key Cave • Mountain Longleaf • Santa Cave • Watercress Darter • Wheeler
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- Tuskegee Airmen
- National Register of Historic Places in Macon County, Alabama
- Black history in the United States military
- Protected areas of Macon County, Alabama
- National Historic Sites in Alabama
- World War II airfields
- Aviation in the United States
- Aerospace museums in Alabama
- African American museums in Alabama
- Military and war museums in Alabama
- Museums in Tuskegee, Alabama
- Protected areas established in 1998
- African American history of Alabama
- Alabama geography stubs
- Southern United States protected area stubs
- United States National Park Service stubs
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