The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will headline the show when it returns to Rickenbacker International Airport from Aug. 22 through ...

Nicknamed “Red Tails” because of their fighter planes’ painted tails, Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 15,000 sorties during the war. Sixty-six of them died in combat. In all, according to the National ...

Growing up, John Marsh did not fully grasp the significance of his mother’s role as a pilot serving in the military during ...

As they returned, the airdome lit up with anti-aircraft fire. Martin’s plane was hit, and he bailed out over Yugoslavia.

A statue of a famed Tuskegee airman that stood in Rouge Park was stolen recently. It has since been recovered, though not ...

The second exhibit features five original oil portraits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American pilots in the U.S.

The city installed the life-sized statue of Jefferson near an area of the park where he often flew model planes before he ... the heroic actions of the Tuskegee Airmen.” Jefferson was a member ...

Two planes flew overhead –the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang.-- to honor him and the other Tuskegee airmen. He said his secret to a long and healthy life is pretty simple: “Be kind to ...

He also helped form the Tuskegee Airmen chapter in Detroit ... Credit: AP Jefferson flew model airplanes in the area of the park where the statue was placed. That field already had been named ...

who flew 18 missions in World War Two as a Tuskegee Airman. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots in the US and Jefferson was one of the first few to escort bombers ...

Alexander Jefferson was supposed to stand as an enduring reminder of the lifelong Detroiter's service as a member of the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen ... where Jefferson flew model airplanes ...