Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Hiram Mann visits the 16th Airlift Squadron Nov. 2, 2012 at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. Entering the Army Air Corps as a pre-aviation student in 1942, Mann was assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Red Tail Angels, in Italy. He flew the P-40 "Warhawk" and the P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter-type aircraft, and co-piloted in a B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, a C-47 "Gooney-bird", and a C-45 "Expediter cargo planes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashlee Galloway)