"The last hurrah" for the Tuskegee airmen, as retired Lt ... propeller-driven P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes. The team outperformed 11 other Air Force "top gun" teams flying cutting-edge aircraft ...

Read full article: Tuskegee Airmen National Museum in Detroit inspiring kids to pursue aerospace engineering and aviation careers These pilots volunteered their time, planes and fuel to take ...

The exhibit opened last year on Memorial Day at Grissom Air Museum. It features 44 panels and 50 artifacts. There were 992 African American pilots trained between 1942 and 1946. Roughly 14,000 men and ...

In 2016, the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY hosted an event for the Tuskegee Airmen, at which five ... turning recyclables into an (eventual) aircraft. Eventually, I graduated.

The Tuskegee Airmen would later earn the nickname “Red Tails” because they painted the tip of their P-51 Mustang bombers red to distinguish themselves from enemy aircraft and avoid friendly fire.

From Black men who left successful sports careers to join the squadron in the 1940s to current sports personalities inspired by their story, the Tuskegee Airmen’s impact is still felt.

Just 10 of the famed Tuskegee Airmen remain today ... of a man born into slavery in Alabama—shot down three enemy aircraft while escorting American bombers. He was 21 years old and had never ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The last Tuskegee Airmen from Memphis died on Thursday at the age of 99, according to Taste of Aviation. Jerry T. Hodges Jr. served as one of the Original Tuskegee Airmen ...

Remembering Black military members who never received their due honor: That’s the goal of the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum ... a group is known as the Tuskegee Airmen.