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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.
Mrs. Roosevelt was so. impressed with the program that she established and maintained a long-term, long-distance friendship with some of the pilots. From 1941 to 1946 over 2,000 African Americans completed training at the Tuskegee Institute, nearly three quarters of the. qualified as pilots.