German Pilots Mocked The Tuskegee ‘Red Tails’ — Then U Discover the extraordinary true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering African American fighter pilots who shattered Nazi racial ideology and transformed aerial combat in World War II. Known as the "Red Tails" for their distinctively painted P-51 Mustangs and reportedly called "Schwarze Vogelmenschen" (Black Birdmen) by the German Luftwaffe, these elite pilots destroyed 112 enemy aircraft while protecting American bombers over Nazi Ger