Downtown Huntsville Library
Tuskegee Airmen History 101: Training and Combat
Monday, September 15, 2025 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Military historian Dr. Daniel L. Haulman presents on the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, highlighting their training at U.S. bases and their combat experiences overseas.
About the program:
Founded in 1941, around 1,000 Black pilots were trained for combat at Tuskegee. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group and were in high demand by allied bomber units, with one of the lowest loss records of all the escort fighter groups. After the war, many Tuskegee Airmen went on to have distinguished military and civilian careers.
About the presenter:
Dr. Daniel L. Haulman was born in New Orleans and educated in public schools there. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1971, and subsequently taught high school social studies in south Louisiana for five years. He received his Master of Education degree from the University of New Orleans in 1975, and his PhD in history from Auburn University in Alabama in 1983. He worked at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, for 37 years, retiring in 2019 as head of the organization’s organizational histories section. He is the author of nine aviation history books published by the United States Air Force or by NewSouth Books (now part of the University of Georgia Press). He has also authored more than forty published periodical articles, five encyclopedia articles, and fifteen articles published electronically. He has been historical advisor for four Tuskegee Airmen films, including two by George Lucas. He is a member of the Society for Military History, the Alabama Historical Association, the Air Force Association, the Air Force Historical Foundation, the Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated, and the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Haulman has presented papers at more than forty historical conferences. In 2021, he was selected by the Air Force Historical Foundation to receive its prestigious Dr. I. B. Holley award, for a lifetime of achievement in the documentation of Air Force history. He is a husband, a father, and now a grandfather, and sings in the choir at First United Methodist Church of Montgomery, Alabama.