WASHINGTON (7News) — More than 80 years ago, the Tuskegee Airmen overcame great odds to prove they were equal and capable of completing any mission just as good as their counterparts. Today there are numerous pilots in the skies and workers on the ground at Dulles, BWI and airports all around the country, all thanks to the Tuskegee Airmen.

In the city of Boca Raton, where Florida Atlantic University and the Boca Raton Airport now lie, is a special piece of World War II history.Great Britain — already in the throws of the war in 1940 — needed a place to test its new microwave radar technology.

In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where thousands of men and women trained to serve in World War II.