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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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* [[Abandon Ship]]: Of the aviation variety. Various aircraft end up badly damaged, requiring their crews to bail out.
** Played straight a few times, notably with one pilot who escapes his burning plane simply by jettisoning the canopy, unbuckling from his seat, and rolling the plane onto his back, which neatly drops him out of the plane so he can trigger his parachute. This technique is truth in television but particularly applies to the British Spitfire, whose cockpit was so narrow (thanks to the need for streamlining) that climbing out quickly was difficult.
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