News ‘Finally’: Tuskegee Airmen honored 73 years after competition win was ‘swept under the rug’ February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Finally’: Tuskegee Airmen honored 73 years after competition win was ‘swept under the rug’ The 332nd Fighter Group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, made history in 1949 as winners of a gunnery competition that drew top Air Force pilots.