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A 2012 Action Drama film starring [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] and [[Terrence Howard]], based on the exploits of the Tuskeegee Airmen, an all-black squadron of American fighter pilots in [[World War II]]. This is the first feature film to be produced by Lucasfilm since 2008.
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* [[Faceless Goons]]: The only German pilot's face you see is "Pretty Boy," the main antagonist, who never seems to wear his goggles. Could also be [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic]].
* {{spoiler|[[Fatal Family Photo]]: Lightning's photo of Sofia.}} Averted with {{spoiler|Junior}}. It's only after the heroes find out that [[He Didn't Make It]] that it is mentioned that he had a wife and two kids.
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* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]] / [[The Leader]] (type II) - Easy
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** [[Ironic Nickname]]: Pretty Boy sports a nasty scar on his face. Easy is the most tightly wound of the bunch, with Lightning concerned that he is going to [[Heroic Fatigue|burn himself out]].
** [[Nicknaming the Enemy]]: "Pretty Boy"
** [[Nom
** [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: The German ace that acts as a recurring antagonist is only known as "[[Nicknaming the Enemy|Pretty Boy]]."
* [[Iconic Item]]: Deacon's "Black Jesus" picture, Junior's toy Ray Gun, Stance's pipe, and {{spoiler|Easy's pocket flask.}}
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* [[N-Word Privileges]]: Discussed at length, and eventually [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: A joint vehicular and human version when Lightning's plane goes head to head with an M-262 jet fighter. M262s were armed with 4 × 30 mm MK 108 cannons which are exploding rounds; Lightning and his plane are hit several times and should have been obliterated instantly with that kind of firepower. {{spoiler|He dies and crashes soon after, however.}}
* [[Operation: Blank]]: Operation Shingle, providing air cover for an amphibious assault in Italy.
* [[Point Defenseless]]: The anti-aircraft guns at the German airfield, aboard the destroyer, and in the American bombers are pretty much useless in this movie.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Major Stance, and then Colonel Bullard once he returns from Washington.
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* [[Where Da White Women At?]]: Lightning is implied to be quite the ladies' man while stationed in Italy. After the film's first battle, he spots a beautiful Italian woman hanging laundry as he flies overhead, and proceeds to seek her out on ground later.
** Actually a subversion, as his skin color has surprisingly little effect on how their relationship develops, and even her ''mother'' doesn't seem dismayed by it.
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▲* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The {{spoiler|Black Jesus picture}} being recovered from {{spoiler|Deacon's}} burning plane.
▲* [[With All Due Respect]]: Between Colonel Bullard and Colonel Mortamus. Pretty much the only thing keeping either officer from telling the other what they ''really'' think about each other.
* [[X Meets Y]]: [[HBO]]'s ''The Tuskegee Airmen'' meets ''[[Pearl Harbor]]''.
* [[Yanks With Tanks]]: We briefly see ships of the US Navy shelling a beach, with infantry from the Army landing ashore. Most of the film, obviously, centers on the US Army Air Forces, and in particular the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/332d_Fighter_Group 332d Fighter Group.]
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