Tuskegee Airman reminisces on past while touring JB Charleston Published May 3, 2016 By Airman Megan Munoz Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Dr. Eugene Richardson, a Tuskegee Airman, signs a photo of his old unit, 332nd Fighter Group, while stopping for lunch at the Charleston Club during a tour of Joint Base Charleston, April 29, 2016. Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. The Tuskegee Airmen formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps.