On this day in aviation history-66 years ago, on May 22, 1959-Benjamin O. Davis Jr. became the first African American Major General in the United States Air Force. Best known for commanding the ...

Despite knowing they would likely be relegated to support roles due to the color of their skin, a father and son chose to make the military their lifelong career. Determined to succeed, they became ...

Doug Melville researched and wrote about family members Benjamin O. Davis Sr. the first Black general and his son, who led the Tuskegee Airmen and became a four-star Air Force general. (Atria Black ...

The Aerospace Professor memoir: Meeting and greeting Tuskegee Airman General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. as a hospital patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center COLUMBIA ...

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. entered West Point in 1932 as its only black cadet and spent the next four years shunned. He roomed alone, and no one befriended him. The future Tuskegee ...

The East Chapter Tuskegee Airmen Inc. (ECCTAI) had a good showing of members and fair weather for the 25th Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Golf Classic held at The Courses at Andrews on July 17. Held in honor ...

The decision to name the newest barracks at West Point for Benjamin O. Davis Jr. has received scant comment in the press. That strikes me as regrettable at a time when a polarized nation is hungering ...

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. eventually became a Tuskegee Airman and the Air Force’s first black general, but when he was just a cadet in 1932 at the United States Military Academy, no one wanted to be ...

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