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 ...
On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...
The second exhibit features five original oil portraits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American pilots in the U.S.
Growing up, John Marsh did not fully grasp the significance of his mother’s role as a pilot serving in the military during ...
In this series, Austin Hancock tells the story of his effort to research and honor a local MIA Tuskegee Airman. [...] ...
As they returned, the airdome lit up with anti-aircraft fire. Martin’s plane was hit, and he bailed out over Yugoslavia.