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On March 7, 1942, the first class of cadets graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field to become the nation's first African American military pilots. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. retained his rank as Captain, and four others graduated with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER. FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN GRADUATE OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY. Entered Service: Appointed to U.S. Military Academy, 1873. In 1877, Henry Flipper became the first African American to graduate from the U.S Military Academy. He was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the 10th Cavalry Unit. Although Flipper became the first African-American Army officer, his military career was brief.