It would be simpler for film editors to add a red tail than to paint one red.
I think the NYC flyby sequence would have been used at the end of the “Red Tails” movie to show how the legacy of the Tuskeegee Airmen lives on.
You can see the script in the background.
“In 1944 Negro aviators had to fight just to serve their nation, and prove themselves worthy. In 2008, Americans elected their first African-American president.”
Air Force One and the ANG “Red Tail” fighter together. George Lucas filming “Red Tails.” Just a coincidence?
This is as believable as Dan Rather’s TANG memos.