Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for downing three German aircraft during a dogfight on April 1, 1945. He was also part of a team of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the U.S. Air Force Top ...
The Red Tails’ most significant mission was the escort of B-17 bombers on a bombing run over Berlin in March 1945. They flew ...
In a 10-minute film from 1945, future-President Ronald Reagan tried to convince America why it needed flyers like the ...
"Black Angels Over Tuskegee," a historical drama about the Tuskegee Airmen by Layon Gray, will have a free public performance ...
This Black History Month, we're honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, who were inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces on Feb. 19, 1942.
Renaming a segment of an East Side street after the Tuskegee Airmen, in a neighborhood where some of them lived, is a proper ...
Lloyd Carter, who was killed in a plane crash in June 1945, was among the elite group of Black aviators who broke color barriers in the military in the 1940s.
The roar of the engines, the precision of the maneuvers, the sweet taste of victory – these were the experiences of the ...
As we celebrate Black History Month, you can learn about the achievements of a local Tuskegee Airman. Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Dart was a Saratoga Springs native in the group of African ...
DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100.
We cannot afford silence. Erasure is not an option. Our history is American history, and we will not allow it to be rewritten ...
DECATUR — Decatur native Ellsworth Dansby Jr. was not only an accomplished pilot and one of the Tuskegee Airmen, but he also was resourceful. After a member of the audience asked Ellsworth Danby ...