Vancouver has a direct connection to the first Black flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Not through a pilot, but through a radarman, Mark Smith. Smith left the Army in 1943 ...
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots, breaking barriers during World War II.
BROCKPORT, N.Y. (WROC) — Nicknamed “Sticks,” Leland Pennington was a star athlete for Monroe High School before he started ...
As we celebrate Black History Month, the Tuskegee Airmen played a pivotal role in WWII. Some of the all-Black bombing group’s ...