Florida is one of the first states in the nation to honor the Tuskegee airmen with their own holiday and on Saturday, Channel ...

On March 19, 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was constituted, making history as the first African American fighter squadron.

As Florida proclaims Tuskegee Airman Day a state holiday, is it time for the U.S. to create a new federal holiday to ...

President Roosevelt pursued a third term by promising African American voters Black flying units in the military. Roosevelt ...

COMMENTARY: Just when it seems to be running out of gas on the American left, it has emerged with a vengeance on the American ...

March 27 marks the first official Tuskegee Airmen commemoration day in the state ... It doesn’t matter if it’s the stories about their signature red tails or the fact that there were only ...

were inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in 2008 and were commemorated in the George Lucas film “Red Tails” in 2012. Fort Worth was home to at least five Tuskegee Airmen ...

The Macon Thomas Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. hosted its inaugural scholarship luncheon on March 22, 2025, at Hope United Methodist Church.

Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, is among the last few airmen and support crew who proved that a Black unit — the 332nd Fighter Group of the Tuskegee Airmen — could fight as well as any other in ...

He was the first Black jet fighter pilot in Korean airspace during the Korean War, and a decorated one after 126 missions.