U.S. Air Force Graphic Courtesy Sylvia Saab Black history month starts today and the Air Force wants you to know some of the African-American men and women who helped make aviation and the Air Force what it is today. The Air Force will profile a different African-American man or woman each day in aviation or Air Force history during the month of February, according to a press release. The series, which the service is using to help mark Black history month, will start with Bessie Coleman, who at the beginning of the 20th century was forced to leave the U.S.…
Browsing: Tuskegee Airmen
Airmen got a sneak peek at two of the trailers for the much anticipated George Lucas film Red Tails, at the Tuskegee Airmen 40th National Conference. But don’t look for Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Don Cheadle to grace the big screen when the film about the famed airmen hits theaters Jan. 20, 2012. Most of these guys were a little too old to play the young men that Lucas needed to make the film. Actors Terrence Howard (Iron Man, Hustle & Flow) and Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry McGuire, Men of Honor) might be easily recognizable as the senior officers…
