Jackson Advocate

Pilot Training To Be Continued At Tuskegee Field
TUSKEGEE -- (ANP) - Brown Americans will continue to engage brown Japs in the air, but in greater numbers, it was learned this week as swift upon the heels of the war department's announcement that cadet training at army air bases would be discontinued, came news that Negroes will still receive training as cadets at Tuskegee Army Air field. It is highly probable that Tuskegee will be the only installation of its type in the country giving this kind of training.
In a statement to assembled personnel at TAAF on V-E day, Col. Noel F. Parrish, commanding officer, said that presumably Tuskegee would be the only primary field in the eastern flying training command that would continue in their training of pilots.
The field, which is famous as being the starting point of 13 colored pilots, later known as the 99th Pursuit squadron, graduated its 36th class May 15.
AIR FORCE STILL WANTS NEGROES
WASHINGTON (ANP).- In spite of cutbacks in the army air forces' aviation cadet program, announced last week, the problem of Negro replacements in the AAF is still "acute," an informed source has disclosed.
The cutback announcement affects pre-aviation cadets and students known collectively as pre-air crew trainees, and members of the air corps enlisted reserve who are on inactive status as civilians until eligible for call to active duty within the six month period following their 18th birthday.
However, Negroes will not fall into this category. Anybody who can qualify for service in the air forces should continue to apply, it was said unofficially.