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Red Tails

- I wasn't aware the 381st BG flew raids into Italy with the 15th AF.

- I wasn't aware the 15th AF could put 42,000 B-17s in the air all crammed together like that.

- I wasn't aware that the fate of the entire war rested solely on this plucky band of Real American Patriots- that the efforts of the 52nd FG, 86th FG, 325th FG, 33rd FG, 57th FG, 65th FG, 1st FG etc and the entire English component of the MAAF were completely for naught until the boys from Tuskegee showed up.

- I didn't realize the Bf 109G-6/R6 could hit 450MPH+ while racing in formation through a densely packed bomber formation.

- Minute 2.01 of the trailer... What is going on with those Me-262 markings? Yellow band? Yellow tail? Yellow Nose? Udet badge? Huh?


Seriously- the real story is awesome enough, the Tuskegee Airmen should rightly be looked upon as true heroes both for what they went through simply to serve our country and the part they played in securing the victory. But, they were one group out of many.

Why invent a truckload of ---- to over-sensationalize their contributions? It's an embarrassment to those who did serve and a terrible disservice to the other units who flew and fought almost completely anonymously, to minimize their contributions in this way.

Oh well, it's Hollywood.....and I'm sure it'll do well at the box office.
 
And not any sign of P-51B/C's, the Mustangs that the Tuskegee Airman are so known for utilizing. They have said all along however, that the movie would not be a documentary-accurate story about the Tuskegee Airman.
 
Lateral-G said:
- I wasn't aware the 381st BG flew raids into Italy with the 15th AF.

- I wasn't aware the 15th AF could put 42,000 B-17s in the air all crammed together like that.

- I wasn't aware that the fate of the entire war rested solely on this plucky band of Real American Patriots- that the efforts of the 52nd FG, 86th FG, 325th FG, 33rd FG, 57th FG, 65th FG, 1st FG etc and the entire English component of the MAAF were completely for naught until the boys from Tuskegee showed up.

- I didn't realize the Bf 109G-6/R6 could hit 450MPH+ while racing in formation through a densely packed bomber formation.

- Minute 2.01 of the trailer... What is going on with those Me-262 markings? Yellow band? Yellow tail? Yellow Nose? Udet badge? Huh?


Seriously- the real story is awesome enough, the Tuskegee Airmen should rightly be looked upon as true heroes both for what they went through simply to serve our country and the part they played in securing the victory. But, they were one group out of many.

Why invent a truckload of ---- to over-sensationalize their contributions? It's an embarrassment to those who did serve and a terrible disservice to the other units who flew and fought almost completely anonymously, to minimize their contributions in this way.

Oh well, it's Hollywood.....and I'm sure it'll do well at the box office.
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Youn mean Clint Eastwood didn't really break the Army out of the hedgerow country as part of a bank heist!!!???

JAMES
 
Once I saw the Lucasfilm logo, that was it for me. The CGI was fun-cool, but did remind me of some battle over a space station I saw awhile back.
Did those guys really walk like rap stars and wear their hats all crooked back then?

P.S. Never chase a enemy through the formation you are escorting. Those gunners will shoot at anything...
 
Who cares if it's historically accurate? I've just got to deal with waiting for another 6 months.

LA
 
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