After the United States entered World War II in 1941, Mr. Stewart said he read a magazine article about the first all-Black flying combat unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron. He had quit school at 16 ...

Black and all-women flyers were cut from Air Force basic training after a Trump order ending diversity training.

There are other sides to the box around D-Day. Operating out of an airbase in Italy is the 99th Pursuit Squadron, flying P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers with distinctive painted red tails.

Mr. Thomas was drafted in 1945 and assigned to the Army Air Forces’ 99th Pursuit Squadron at the segregated Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. He served stateside during World War II, and supported ...

Known as the 99th pursuit squadron and pilot training school, it is the first school to train Black Students as officers in the US Air Corps. (LtoR) William H. Slade, John C. Anderson, Lemuel R.

In 1940, under pressure from civil rights leaders, the Army Air Corps created the first all-Black flying unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron. The men who trained and fought in the 332nd Fighter Group and ...

Harry Stewart Jr., who flew 43 missions over Europe as a fighter pilot and was among the last surviving combat veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-Black squadron in the segregated U.S ...

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- A World War II veteran is celebrating his 99th birthday. On Wednesday, Action News went to Denny's on Clovis and Herndon, where Vern Schmidt meets with a group every month.

A multi-state vehicle pursuit ended Tuesday on Interstate 75 southbound just past the 12th Street exit in Covington. The pursuit began in Dearborn County, Indian after police tried to pull a ...