During Black History Month, we are honoring Tuskegee Airmen commanding officer Benjamin Davis Jr. After attending the ...

During his lifetime, General Benjamin O. Davis Jr, commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, would often be referred to as the United States Air Force’s first African American general. After living half ...

Ellsworth Dansby III spoke about his father, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, at the African American Cultural and ...

The Red Tails’ most significant mission was the escort of B-17 bombers on a bombing run over Berlin in March 1945. They flew ...

“The Tuskegee Airmen bravely fought and died for our ... room adorned with portraits of his onetime boss, Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who became the Air Force’s first Black one-star general.

Tuskegee Airmen Benjamin O. Davis, left, and Edward C ... On Monday, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. National President Leon G. Butler Jr. praised Air Force leadership for responding quickly to the non ...

Indeed, his son, the future general Benjamin O. Davis Jr., graduated from West Point in 1936 and commanded a squadron of Tuskegee Airmen. Davis also mentored future African American officers and ...

Davis Sr., became the first Black general in the U.S. Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later led the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military pilots in World War II. Today, elements of the ...

Next Tuesday (Nov. 19), a scholar-actor portraying Benjamin O. Davis ... States Army, Davis played an integral role in getting the Air Force to open its doors to African American and Black soldiers.