Some of the latest generation of USAF African-American airmen recently flew nine members of the first generation, the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, aboard a C-17 appropriately named “The Spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen.” Airmen from Air Force Reserve Command’s 315th Airlift Wing and Active 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C., and AFRC’s 446th AW at McChord AFB, Wash., flew their forebears in the specially named airlifter as part of the activities during the 35th annual Tuskegee Airmen Convention in Phoenix, Ariz. (Luke AFB, Ariz., dedicated an airpark to the historic group.)
Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Mike Minihan awarded 51 Distinguished Flying Cross awards at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 21—one of the largest DFC ceremonies in recent history. All of the awards were given to Airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge, the noncombatant evacuation out of Kabul, Afghanistan,…