DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100.

Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, is among the last few airmen and support crew who proved that a Black unit — the 332nd Fighter Group of the Tuskegee Airmen — could fight as well as any other in ...

The Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport honors the legacy of the Tuskegee airmen for the third year. ... They completed over 1,000 missions and shot down more than 250 enemy aircraft.

ROSAMOND, Calif. — Edwards Air Force Base marked the 83rd anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen's first graduating class with a series of events celebrating their legacy and the debut of the Air ...

101-year-old Col. James H. Harvey III, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, sits for a portrait in Aurora, Colo., Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of ...

In 2007, the Tuskegee Airmen were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. In 2019, Stewart's memoir, "Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II," which detailed his wartime ...