20inch x 30inch Poster Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil rights organizations and the black press exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of an all African-American pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. They became known as the??Tuskegee Airmen. This is 1943 war bond poster from WWII featuring a black pilot from the Tuskegee airmen also appealed directly to the African American community. There is a border around the image. The image size is correct.