Retired MSgt. James T. Price, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II fame, died July 20 of injuries sustained in a fall several weeks earlier, according to a July 29 release from Osan AB, South Korea, where Price served as a mentor to airmen and the community. He served with the Tuskegee Airmen as a B-25 gunner. Price continued to serve after the war, with tours in the US, England, and Korea, and retired in 1966. (Osan report by SSgt. Candy Knight)
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.