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In This Issue - May 2018
• Tour schedule at a glance
• Greetings from the Ambassador team
• Event photos
• Our mission in action
• Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen: William Armstrong
• CAF Red Tail Squadron Museum artifact spotlight
• Did you know
• In your words
• Blue Skies
• Archive photos
• Quote of the month
• Free RISE ABOVE Resource Kit
• Thank you new supporters
• Become an Annual Supporter
• Shop with us
• Our Squadron in the news
• For more information
“Our objective is to carry the lessons and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen into every classroom in America!”
~Don Hinz, CAF Red Tail Squadron program founder
Business News & Info
Mustang photo courtesy Anthony Cottrell
The sun is shining, the students are excited to learn about the Tuskegee Airmen and airshow season is upon us! Life is GOOD!
To all the folks that have been out to see the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit® and P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen at one of our events, THANK YOU and we hope you left inspired by the remarkable lessons of these American icons. We are so fortunate to be welcomed into communities across the country to share this important message. Thank you for making us feel welcome and for supporting our mission.
If you want to bring our message to your town, consider becoming a CAF Red Tail Squadron Hometown Hero. Our RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit could be available to make a stop in your hometown, and we’d be happy to help show you how to make this ambition a reality.
Imagine the draw an exhibit like this would be at your airshow, community event or festival! As an added bonus, the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit can be available for educational outreach visits on-site at local schools or other youth venues. Contact Kristi Younkin, CAF Red Tail Squadron Logistics Coordinator, at (479) 228-4520 or [email protected] to get the ball rolling.
To honor the history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is truly a monumental team effort. Because of supporters like YOU, we are able to affect hundreds of thousands with the positive lessons of the Tuskegee Airmen and ensure their impact lives on for generations. Want to get on board? Shop, donate, share with a parent or teacher, volunteer and spread the word!
Read this month’s edition of Red Tail Mail® for all the latest news and events, and brush up on your Tuskegee Airmen knowledge.
RISE ABOVE®!The CAF Red Tail Squadron® Team
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DATE EVENT LOCATION
May 9-13 Wayne County Airport Open HouseRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Smithville, OH
May 16-19 Toledo Public Schools Aerospace Center EventRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Swanton, OH
May 23-27 2018 Wings and Wheels Carshow and Airshow at the Mercer County AirportRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Bluefield, WV
June 23-24 Vectren Dayton Air ShowRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Dayton, OH
July 2-4 Iowa Falls Flight BreakfastRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Iowa Falls, IA Airport
July 20-22 Biloxi Gulf Coast Air ShowP-51C Mustang
Biloxi, MS
July 23-29 EAA AirVentureRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit
Oshkosh, WI
August 1-5 2018 Airport DayRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Greenwood, IN
August 22-23 Friends of Detroit City AirportRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Detroit City Airport, MI
August 25-26 Thunder Over MichiganRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Willow Run Airport Ypsilanti, MI
September 26-30 Ouachita Speaker SeriesRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit
Hot Springs Village, AR
October 3-7 University of Central ArkansasRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit
Conway, AR
October 17-21 Florida International Air ShowRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit & P-51C Mustang
Punta Gorda, FL
October 25-28 4th Annual Harvest Festival AirshowRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit
Fredericksburg, VA
November 9-14 Richton Park, Prairie State College, and VFW Post 311 RISE ABOVE Community Outreach EventRISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit
Chicago Heights, IL
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2018 RISE ABOVE: RED TAIL TOUR SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
To bring the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen to your event, contact Kristi Younkin, Senior Logistics Coordinator, at [email protected] or (479) 228-4520.
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GREETINGS FROM THE AMBASSADOR TEAM!
I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to those members of the CAF Redbird Squadron who came to the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum in Terrell, TX at the beginning of April. Your willingness to engage and help out with our RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit was much appreciated. You clearly demonstrated what true team work is all about!
I would also like to recognize one of our CAF Red Tail Squadron Ambassadors, Will Leveille, who travelled from his home in Georgia to Charleston, SC to help out at the Air and Space Expo last week. Thank you for dedicating your time and energy to our mission. Your efforts do not go unnoticed!
Volunteering is about being a part of something you believe in. You give some of your time and in return you feel a sense of pride knowing you are helping to share a piece of history while honouring the Tuskegee Airmen.
You connect with others who share the same purpose and quickly find yourself emerged in a new family.
If you would like to become part of our Ambassador team, whether helping out at the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit or being a contributor of our Virtual Museum, I would like to invite you to contact me at [email protected] so you can begin your journey with us today!
Looking for some guidance to integrate the lessons of the Tuskegee Airmen into your classroom or motivational program?
Download the free RISE ABOVE Resource Kit!
You’ll get access to a treasure trove of digital materials to start using right away.
Want to go a step further? Check out all the affordable supporting educational materials available!
FREE RISE ABOVE RESOURCE KIT
We were able to discuss just what it meant to Rise Above. Our students absolutely loved this. Our students got an in depth look at the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the things they overcame. They were moved and inspired.~Lexie DickBruce Wood Elementary
What teachers and parents say about using the RISE ABOVE Resource Kit
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EVENT PHOTOS To see more photos, please visit our Facebook page! Be sure to LIKE and SHARE!
Photos from our visit to Caledonia Middle School and Wings Over Columbus, MS
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OUR MISSION IN ACTIONCheck out these student tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen!
Students in Decatur, GA put together some fun presentations to showcase what they learned about the Tuskegee Airmen after visiting the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit. Their teacher also utilized our free RISE ABOVE Resource Kit in their class to prepare them for our visit to their school. Check out their projects!
Well done! Because of our tireless supporters, we are able to visit schools like this one and offer our free educational resources to teacher and parents who want to bring the lessons of the Tuskegee Airmen to life for their learners. Interesting in ensuring our message and efforts reach more kids? Throw your hat in the ring and become a CAF Red Tail Squadron donor!
Are you a teacher? Join us to create engaging materials for students! Contact [email protected] for more info.
Thank you… and RISE ABOVE!
Tuskegee Airmen rap by Jazzy Ice Tuskegee Airmen rap by Teshawn Scott
Dear Tuskegee Airmen,
Hello Tuskegee Airmen, my name is Marcus Watts. I like historical things like your story and history is my favorite subject. My classmates and I have learned a lot about you and your struggles World War 2 with all of the racist segregation laws within the past 2 weeks. My classmates and I have been learning about what your role was and why you were able to fly planes. In that period of time you were like a test dummy, just to see if African Americans were able to fly a plane. You’ve flew over 1,500 missions in Europe, you were vitally important to the war to be treated as objects when returned home.
We all thank you for your bravery. We have made different things commemorating what you have done for America. Like raps, poems, judicial arguments, posters and many other things. I myself have made a rap regarding how hard it must’ve been living in that day and age. America would not be the same without your diligent service in World War 2. We are very happy that you took the chances you did to make America better in the future.
I just wanted say thank you for all of the things you’ve done for us. You took chances when the people you took chances for weren’t willing to do the same things for you. You were diligent with your work and protection when you would never receive the same back and we thank you for that work you did for your country who didn’t respect you back.
Sincerely, ~Marcus Watts
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PROFILES OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: WILLIAM P. ARMSTRONGClass 44-H-SE 9/8/1944 Flt. Officer T66139 Providence, RI
It is an unfortunately reality of war that oftentimes loved ones do not come home. No matter the skill or training, many service members of World War II perished in combat. William Armstrong did not live to see the Allies liberate Europe, but his efforts as a Tuskegee Airmen pilot, and citizen who stepped up to service his country, played a role in that success.
Born October 24, 1924 in Washington, DC, Armstrong was raised along with his sister Evelyn in the west end of Providence, RI by his mother, grandfather and stepfather. He excelled in academics, was a member of the student council and lent his beautiful tenor voice to the Episcopalian Church of the Saviour. His peers described him as handsome and outgoing.
After graduating from high school in 1943, Armstrong’s plans to pursue the education needed to become an attorney we derailed by the War. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and was accepted into the pilot training program in Tuskegee. He graduated with class 44-H-SE on September 8, 1944, earning his wings to
fly single engine fighters against the enemy in Europe. Armstrong deployed with the 332nd Fighter Group to Ramitelli, Italy shortly thereafter.
During his time in theater, Armstrong flew bomber escort missions over Europe, protecting American bombers from enemy fire as they dropped their explosive payloads over targets deep within Nazi territory. The skill of Tuskegee Airmen like Armstrong to keep their bombers safe and able to complete their missions earned them the nickname “Red Tail Angels” and were requested by the bomber pilots to escort their missions, regardless of the color of the skin. This was a remarkable acknowledgement, considering the climate of racial injustice that existed in that era.
On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, just a month before victory would be declared in Europe, Armstrong’s squadron was engaged by German aircraft in an air battle over the skies of Austria while trying to return from a bombing raid which Armstrong and his fellow Airmen had provided escort protection. 12 German planes went down in that battle, as well as two American aircraft. Armstrong’s plane was hit, and he was killed in action, along with Tuskegee Airmen pilot Walter Manning in another plane. Armstrong’s body was unable to be recovered before the end of the war.
Due to the tenacity and insistence of his stepfather, Nelson Venter, Armstrong’s remains were located in a grave in Austria, and returned home in March of 1950 for burial in a family plot in Providence. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal and Presidential Unit Citation.
The local VFW post of his hometown dedicated a memorial in his honor in 1946, but was eventually lost due to redevelopment in the area. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2010, the William P. Armstrong Memorial Square was given a fresh update and re-dedicated with much local fanfare in Providence.
In memory of the service and sacrifice of Flight Officer William Armstrong.
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CAF Red Tail Squadron Virtual Museum Artifact Spotlight
Find this and many other interesting pieces in the CAF Red Tail Squadron Virtual Museum.
Have something to share? Submit a photo of your Tuskegee Airmen artifact, artwork or memorial and be entered into our monthly prize drawing!
Visit Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen and take a closer look at the lives and accomplishments of some of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. New profiles are added regularly and will grow as the staff and volunteer of the CAF Red Tail Squadron continue their tireless efforts to research and share the remarkable stories of these important American figures.
Handkerchief featuring the World War II Double V campaign design
Submitted by:Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Location:Washington, D.C.
About:In early 1942, the Pittsburgh Courier, the nation’s most widely read black newspaper at the time, proposed the idea of the Double V campaign. This idea and symbol aimed to support the war efforts while continuing to call on the government for equality and justice for all black Americans. Because a large portion of the county’s population did not have full and equal civil rights, there was a fight to be fought on two fronts – the war abroad and the injustice of racism and segregation at home.
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Attention parents and teachers - new Tuskegee Airmen books for kids and teens!Be sure to check out the new Children’s section!
Take a quick trip over to the CAF Red Tail Squadron store to check out new books about the Tuskegee Airmen written especially for kids and teens! Both are authored by historians Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly, and
“The Tuskegee Airman Story” Suited for children 4-8, tells the story of children learning from their grandfather’s experience as a Tuskegee Airman, discovering the relics from his past that help tell the story. Share this book with children to introduce them to new concepts about history, World War II and civil rights. $20
In “Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes” Older kids and teens can immerse themselves in the story of a substitute teacher with some pretty exciting stories to share. As the students in the story learn about the experience of the Tuskegee Airmen, they learn an extraordinary truth about their teacher for day, and perhaps how to emulate the life lessons of the Tuskegee Airmen.$20
As always, your purchase will benefit the educational outreach efforts of the CAF Red Tail Squadron, helping to bring the lessons of the Tuskegee Airmen to young people around the country.
Cozy up with one of these good books and share with the young people in your life!
Show your support by wearing your own CAF Red Tail Squadron patch! Sport the iron-on patch on your favorite jacket or hat, or just tack it up anywhere you want to show your enthusiasm for the Tuskegee Airmen!$10 each
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DID YOU KNOW?
May 8, 1943: Before the Tuskegee Airmen were stationed in Italy they were also stationed in Morocco, Tunisia and Sicily. On May 9th of 1943 the 99th Fighter Squadron took park in a victory parade in Fez, North Africa to celebrate the liberation of Tunisia. Captain Hayden C. Johnson led the squadron during this ceremony.
May 8, 1945: The 332d Fighter Group held a ceremony to celebrate Victory in Europe Day. During this ceremony, Colonel Yantis H. Taylor, commander of the 306th Fighter Wing, and Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., awarded honors to 332d Fighter Group personnel. The ceremony probably took place at Cattolica Airdrome, Italy, to which the 332nd Fighter Group moved during the first week of May.
May 12, 1943. Staff officers of an Air Corp Squadron near Fez, French Morocco. Left to right: Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, C.O.; Capt. Hayden C. Johnson, Adjutant; Capt. E. Jones, Service Det.; Lt. Wm. R. Thompson, Armaments; Lt. Hervert E. Carter, Engineers; Lt. Erwin B. Lawrence, Operations; Lt. George R. Currie, Ordnance
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OUR SQUADRON IN THE NEWS
IN YOUR WORDS
The students and myself found the entire experience educational and fascinating. If t had not been for your RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit many would have never known the importance of the Tuskegee Airmen. ~Rhonda Broiles
My uncle “Buddy’ was a flight engineer - Top Turrent Gunner - B17G, 8th USAAF. He flew 34 missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He had friends who had the Tuskegee Airmen Red Tails as escorts. At first they were unsure of a black squadron, but later they were SO glad to see the P51s! With the Red Tail escorts they did not worry so much about the ME-109’s or Fw-190’s. He was with the 92nd BG(H) 325th Squadron. Believe me more than once he wished you were their escorts! His crew used up and wore out five new B-17G’s from fighter damage and flak, My uncle had a saying about the Red Tails, “White, Black, Brown or Purple - at 25,000 feet you didn’t care when 20mm cannons ripped through; just hoped the escort could help.”
Thank you to all the Tuskegee Airmen for the lives you saved.Please, please help all children undersatnd the sacrifice some of those pilots made to keep this country FREE!
God Bless you all! ~Clayton Bergman
Breaking barriers in the sky: Tuskegee Airmen exhibit visits local middle schools – The Dispatch
B-17 Memphis Belle, Tuskegee Airman to appear at Dayton air show – WDTN
Columbus Students Schooled On Legendary Tuskegee Airmen – WCBI
Vectren Dayton Air Show announces select acts, including B-17 Movie Memphis Belle – WKEF
Two ‘Memphis Belles’ and a Mustang will be in Dayton – Dayton Daily News
Historic exhibit, car show, skydiving and more planned for Mercer County air show – Bluefied Daily Telegraph
I was really excited to see your exhibit at the air show. I am currently a student pilot. The reason I wanted to see the theater is for one, I am a huge fan of the P-51 Mustang. Also, I saw the movie “Red Tails” a while back and was really intrigued by the movie. I felt as if I was part of the Tuskegee Airmen when I was in your theater, and it made me really appreciate it more. I greatly appreciate it, and it is definitely inspiring me to pursue my future to become a pilot. I will get to where I need to be, just like the Tuskegee Airmen did to help secure our freedom. Thank you for the chance to be with y’all. ~ Cory Gillespie
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Blue skies...March 31, 2018
William T. Coleman Jr., left, Thurgood Marshall and Wiley A. Branton, then lawyers for the N.A.A.C.P., in 1958 in Washington.Credit William J. Smith/Associated Press
William T. Coleman Jr., who championed the cause of civil rights in milestone cases before the Supreme Court and who rose above racial barriers himself as an influential lawyer and as a cabinet secretary, died on Friday at his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 96.
Blue skies...April 9, 2018
Tuskegee Airman Charles Joseph DorkinsClass TE-45A Date of Graduation March 11, 1945
SN: 0841269 2LT.
Born in Baltimore, MD to Christopher Columbus and Athie Gertrude Dorkins on December 16, 1922, he was one of four children. The youngest son and the 2nd youngest of the siblings. He was a Tuskegee Airman, photographer/cinematographer and author.
For more than fifty years, from 1956, Charles Dorkins spend every day, as a filmmaker, in New York City’s Times Square. He migrated to Manhattan after his WWII service as a 2nd Lieutenant and a B-25 pilot in the new legendary Army Air Force unit: “The Tuskegee Airmen.” After his experience as a Tuskegee
Airman, he devoted his career as a photographer and filmmaker. His first big project that introduced him to the world was as the photographer on a “round-the-world mission of cultural sharing”. A mission of Americans of various races and nationalities sponsored by the United Nations in which Charles met several world leaders, such as Nehru and the Shah of Iran.
A career as a military or commercial pilot did not attract him, so he proceeded to establish a stellar reputation for his outstanding work as a photographer and moviemaker – in all departments. This type of career in film production was an “East Coast” achievement. Following his award-winning documentary in the early 1960s for NBC about the revolution in the then Belgian Congo, in which he lived with the revolutionaries and was injured, he has many adventures traveling, producing and filming non-documentary films (i.e., A black film production of Hamlet, shot in the Bahamas) as well as documentary film work.
There are too many notable documentaries produced, filmed and directed by Charles: a look into the real life and character of the black neighborhoods of Detroit in the late 1960s (film commissioned to show the real human side of life to the rest of the world, particularly the white suburban population during the peak of racial tension in the 60s); a documentary on the Tuskegee Airmen which started with recollections of the airmen at an anniversary gathering; and a privately commissioned documentary about life, land development in the Amazon jungle by one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the world.
~Submitted by his niece, Christina Wells
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The CAF Red Tail Squadron understands that our sponsors are our greatest assets. Your gift will support RISE ABOVE: Red Tail, our three-fold outreach program that includes a fully restored WWII-era P-51C Mustang, the signature aircraft of the Tuskegee Airmen; the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit 53’ mobile theater featuring the original panoramic film “Rise Above”; and resource materials for teachers and youth leaders.
Why $99? To honor and remember the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first Tuskegee Airmen squadron to be activated. This option costs less than 28¢ a day and participants get great thank-you gifts: a special Sponsor hat, a CAF Red Tail Squadron sponsorship card electronically signed by Col. Charles McGee, and a monthly copy of the Red Tail Mail eNewsletter!
Make a one-time or recurring donation to help us to ensure the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is passed on to future generations, so that their strength of character, courage and ability to triumph over adversity may serve as a means to inspire others to RISE ABOVE obstacles in their own lives and achieve their goals!
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I use the Triumph Over Adversity – RISE ABOVE. The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen booklets as a hand out in my Law & Ethics Capstone course at Miami University in the module involving bias and equal opportunity. They are a terrific catalyst to facilitate understanding and respect for fellow men and women as well as contributions to society.~Dr. Karen Meyers
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ARCHIVE PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AGENCY
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Tuskegee Airmen Squadron Patches Collect all five of these Tuskegee Airmen patches.$10 each
Tuskegee Airman Walter Down of the 301st Fighter Squadron.
99th FS pilot Captain Edward Thomas posing with a P-51D.
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With nearly 1,000 African-American women employed as burners, welders, scalers, and in other capacities at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, women war workers played an important part in the construction of the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver, launched on May 7th, 1943. Welder-trainee Josie Lucille Owens plies her trade on the ship. Read more about The many faces of Rosie the Riveter!
Willa Beatrice Brown served her country by training pilots for the U.S. Army Air Forces. She was the first blackwoman to receive a commission as a lieutenant in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.
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Daniel C Adler Ali Alrahman Dr Rosenwald Delano Altheimer Gary Anderson Hans C Anderson Alan Archard Robert Ayers Russel G Backer George R Baehr Robert C Bannister JrWinston Barrant Frank Bauer Paul Beggs Robert A Benz Charles E Berry Frances Bishop Aubrey E Black Dr Katie Eloise Blanding August C Bolino Edward T Boswell Patricia Bowers Arthur Bowser Irvin K Breckenridge Floyd Bridges Edward H Brown JrRoger W Brown Clarence Brown Dennis Brown John L Bryan SrLeroy Bryant SrMSgt Milton Buckley Jan Burke Douglas G Burns Jerry Butler SMSgt James L Bynum CAF Col Donald GavelekH Calloway Audrea Calloway Ruben Camarillo Michael D Carodine Jethro Carr Dale Carrison Thomas A Carter Philip A Castleberry
Faye W Chambers Michael Chappell Glen Clark, Jr.Bobby F Coates Eleanor Cobb Alex Cobb JrTommy Cole Lacey A Collier George Collins Mel Collins Dr Pearl J Compaan Yvonne Condell Kenneth CordierTom Cross Richard E Czerwonka Brian J Dara Walter L Darden JrDale H Davenport Clinton L David John Davis Frank D Davis Arthur L Davis Maj John R Davis Stephen E De Maeyer Martha McGruder Dellinger Harry Devereaux MSgt James Diggs Judith A Dillon George H Dixon JrRoy Donaldson Tony S Dorko William DouglasThomas DrehsJana Dumey Vicki L Duncan Dural Suite JrThomas Dyson Isaac Edmond Gary David Enders Lt Col David A England Robert Epting Dr Randolph R Estwick Deborah Evains Floyd Evans
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William Jennings Michael Jez Harry M Johnson JrStephan G Johnson Douglas Johnson Mack Johnson JrAlger Johnson John Johnson Julius Jones Glenn Jones John Katzenbach John Kelley Eric Kelly Gene Kemner Patricia Kennedy Doug King Errol Kirk Jerry E Koskovich Daniuel Kozarich Kirk E Kraft Robert KruchtenYvette La Vigne Leroy Lane SRShirley Lawson Terry Leack Garvis R Leak Roberta Leek Deloris Leftridge Jeraldine Maynard Lehman Ted Leimbach Raymond A Lepesqueur Albert Lewis Gregory Lincoln Dr Joyce Currie Little Hazel Livingston Charles Lockhart George W Lukowski Lt Col Victor Macomber Winston Maddox Kerwin L Marshall Mr & Mrs John McArdleAlex McCalla Charles D McCarthy Willie McCladdie IIIJim McClain Albert McGee Capt. Richard F. McLaughlinRobert McIver James L McKinley Dick McLean
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T hank you for helping to preserve the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen! for generations to come!
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“We need to change the way we fight. I need pilots who will put the bombers ahead of themselves.”
~ General Luntz Artwork: Tuskegee Contrails by Stan Stokes
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