As we celebrate Black History Month, the Tuskegee Airmen played a pivotal role in WWII. Some of the all-Black bombing group’s ...

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots, breaking barriers during World War II. Today, their story is on display in the Miami Valley at the National Museum of the U.S.

Promoted to lieutenant colonel, Davis led the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first all-Black unit in the Army Air Forces. The 99th deployed to North Africa in 1943 to fight Axis troops in the region. In ...

Southeastern Wisconsin’s aviation history is on display at the airport.

North Carolina's House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to designate the fourth Thursday of March as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day." The bill was introduced shortly after a divisive ...

During the holidays, we’re bringing back our journalists’ favorite stories of 2025. This one is from May. Clayton Henkel: “Two stories that didn’t attract major headlines in 2025 — one on breast ...

The San Antonio City Council has approved a plan to rename a section of Iowa Street on the East Side to Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Way to honor America’s first African American military pilots. Council ...

SAN ANTONIO — A stretch of Iowa Street on San Antonio’s East Side will soon carry a new name honoring a group of trailblazers who reshaped U.S. military history. City Council on Thursday approved an ...

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The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of Black military pilots and support personnel, were instrumental in desegregating the U.S. military. The Tuskegee Airmen started as an experiment. Before World War II, ...

Alabama‘s Congressional delegation held a moment of silence Wednesday to honor the life of Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen. Hardy died on September 25 ...