They may be retired and may have fought their war 60 years ago, but five of the Tuskegee Airmen went to Iraq to visit with present-day members of their famed unit—the 332nd Fighter Group—at the behest of US Central Command Air Forces. Making the trip were five pilots, a mechanic, and a supply officer.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.