Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.22.2014
Stand in front of the C-46, where you’ll see the Engineer Aviation Battalions diorama. Many African-Americans served in support units during World War II, and the Engineer Aviation Battalions, or EAB, with their skilled engineers and construction workers, were one of the more significant support units. The self-contained EAB became the core of aviation engineering efforts during the war.......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.22.2014
Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. Daniel James III is the first African-American to hold the post of Director of the Air National Guard. He assumed that command in 2002 following a flying career that included more than 300 combat missions in Southeast Asia and 4,000 flying hours. He is the son of Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., who was the U.S. Air......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.22.2014
Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. General Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. was born on Feb. 11, 1920, in Pensacola, Florida, where he graduated from Washington High School in June 1937. He attended Tuskegee Institute at Tuskegee, Alabama, from September 1937 to March 1942, where he received a bachelor’s degree in physical education and completed civilian......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.22.2014
Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., an aviation pioneer, is one of the most famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. Graduating from West Point in 1936, he became one of only two black line officers in the U.S. Army at the time - the other was his father. He received his wings in March 1942 after becoming the first black officer to......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.22.2014
Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. The experience of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II showed that given equal opportunity and training, blacks could fly in, command and support combat units as well as anyone. The USAAF’s black fliers, the so-called “Tuskegee Airmen,” served with distinction in combat and directly contributed to the......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.22.2014
Stand in front of the Eugene Jacques Bullard exhibit in the Early Years Gallery. In August of 1917 Eugene Jacques Bullard, an American volunteer in the French army, became the first black military pilot in history and the only black pilot in World War I. After completing flight training, Bullard joined the 200 other Americans in the Lafayette Flying Corps, and he flew combat missions from......
Audio by Sgt. Vincent Pedican | AFN Superstation Sembach | 01.22.2014
A local Belgian Kiwanis chapter donates dolls to the SHAPE Healthcare Facility.
Audio by Sgt. Christal Crawford | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.22.2014
It's an important day for PFC Catherine Ngechu as she becomes an official U.S. Citizen. Sgt Christal Crawford has the story of how important this day is to her....
