Nightfighters
Nightfighters are people on planes that drop bombs onto towns to destroy a country or state. In the movie they were dropping bombs to destroy a state so they can take over it. They were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama. Due to the rigid pattern of racial segregation that prevailed in the United States during World War II, over 1300 Black military aviators were trained at an isolated training complex near the town of Tuskegee, Alabama and at Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. Four hundred and fifty black fighter pilots under the command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., (who was later to become the U.S. Air Forces first black general) fought in the aerial war over North Africa, Sicily and Europe flying in secession, P-40,P-39,-P-47 and P-51 type aircraft. These gallant men flew 1,553 sorties and completed 1578 missions with the 12th Tactical U.S. Air Force and the 15th Strategic U.S. Air Force.

Nightfighters Movie Review
Nightfighters is a great movie that shows blacks fighting for their right to fly fighter planes for the Air Force. The movie takes place in Tuskegee, Alabama. There were 926 black men helping to fly and repair the planes. I believe that everyone has the right to fly a plane. They should have included the blacks in this fun experiment of flying a plane. The blacks should have had has many rights as whites, in the air force, but they did not. The movie shows how black men came up on top and how they realized their dreams of becoming flyers. - Mallory

Nightfighters
African Americans receive the opportunity to fly fighter planes in the Air Force. Night Fighters show how African Americans were on their own and that no one would cooperate with them. Some had to learn how to fly, without any help whatsoever. Still, whether they were trained or not, they were segregated from the whites in the Army. While watching this movie, I felt that this was unjust because any whites who would've asked, would have been granted these flying lessons. It also turned out that these African American flyers had more skill than their white counterparts. This movie is educational and informative in the history of America, and what our country went through during World War ll.
-Barry

Nightfighters
The movie, Night Fighters, focuses on African Americans in the Air Force, during WWII. It also focuses on how the African American Air Force pilots faced segregation and humiliation during the war. They interviewed the pilots that were in this Air Force squadron. These African Americans were very brave and thoughtful. The African Americans acted bravely, because they wanted to gain respect from a country that didn't consider them before. The Black Air Force pilots were very heroic and honoring to their country. - Philip.

A Child's Perspective
The Tuskegee "Night fighters" documentary clearly displays the unfair treatment African Americans received during World War II. They were strictly segregated from the white air force, not being able to operate and fly airplanes. They worked as chefs and latrine cleaners, if they were to work in the air force at all. One of the most horrible acts against the African Americans, during World War II, was the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.
The US Public Health Service (PHS) took 399 African Americans, from poor areas of Alabama, and conducted an experiment. They followed the state of syphilis in each African American. Even worse, the PHS lied to the victims, telling them they were being treated for bad blood. There was no intention of curing them of anything.
African Americans were prohibited from flying with the white pilots. They were separated from the whites during training, and treated "under" them. Plane trainers intentionally tried to fail the black pilots, so they wouldn't be able to enter the USAF. Watch Nightfighers and you will be taken into the harsh reality of what African Americans went through during WWII. - Pete