Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Colonel Jack Oliver ...
Nestled near the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant is a hidden gem that’s been serving up history ...
To hear that their heroic acts were almost erased from history by the branch of the U.S. Armed Forces they helped, is a slap in the face of Black America, says Bea Hines.
When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...
Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died last Friday at age 104. Her death was confirmed by the IOC and by Harvey ...
The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material was flagged for review following President Donald Trump’s order to cancel all ...
The U.S. Air Force briefly removed lessons about the Tuskegee Airmen and women pilots over concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion.
The 8th Air Force was founded on Jan. 28, 1942, in Savannah, Georgia, with seven men and no planes. By 1945, the Mighty ...
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. Simply stated, President Johnson’s order provided equal opportunity in Federal employment and banned anyone doing business with the ...
The U.S. Air Force temporarily removes courses featuring Tuskegee Airmen and WASPs from military training to comply with ...
President Trump's DEI ban on U.S. Air Force training lessons on the Tuskegee Airmen has been reversed amid public outcry.
World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...