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Tuskegee Airmen
Harry T. Stewart, Jr., one of the last of the original Tuskegee Airmen and a World War II fighter pilot who achieved three victories in one day, died Feb. 2 at the age of 100.
The Air Force is set on “faithfully executing” President Donald Trump’s executive orders and will continue to teach new recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Air Force Service Pilots, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said Jan. 27, after several days of uproar.
The starting point for studying airpower in World War II is the monumental official history, published following the war. The AAF hired two highly respected academics, Wesley F. Craven and James L. Cate, to edit the outstanding seven-volume work, The Army Air Forces in World ...
The Red Tails live on. The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing upgraded from the F-16 to the F-35 in December but is keeping up its tradition of honoring the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, as the wing released photos this month of one ...
The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing received its first F-35 fighters last week, becoming the third Guard unit to get the fifth-generation aircraft and adding a new chapter in the wing’s storied legacy. Nicknamed the “Red Tails” in honor of the trailblazing Tuskegee Airmen, ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first Black service chief and nominee to become the second-ever Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commemorated the 75th anniversary of the desegregation of the U.S. military in an emotional speech July ...
On July 13, retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Harvey III will celebrate his 100th birthday, the latest milestone for an original Tuskegee Airman who also won the first ever ‘Top Gun’ trophy and was one of the first African American fighter jet pilots.
Aviation milestones are a family business for Air Force Maj. Bryce Turner, who on June 28 became the first Air Force pilot to take the T-7A Red Hawk on an official test flight, which marked the latest milestone in a three-generation tradition of Turner family ...
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