The Tuskegee Airmen
In the 1930s, the U.S. military was a racially segregated institution, reflecting the legal and defacto segregation in much of the United States. […]
Articles by Carl Chance
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airman were an elite group of African-American pilots in the 1940s. They were pioneers in equality and integration of the Armed Forces. […]
Honor Thy Father: A Tuskegee Airman
A Tribute to my Father, Joseph P. Gomer […]
332nd Fighter Group
The 332d Fighter Group was a unit of the U.S. Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces based in Italy during World War II. It was composed of black pilots and ground support personnel trained at Tuskegee, Alabama, and the members of the group became collectively known as the Tuskegee Airmen. […]
F-16 Unit Salutes Tuskegee Airmen
Gray went red last fall on the tail of one F-16 at the 187th wing, the Alabama Air National Guard unit at Dannelly Field in Montgomery. Aviation buffs will recognize the paint scheme as reminiscent of the aircraft flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. […]
Air Capital Aviation Report, March 2, 2008
Aviation and aerospace news and items of interest from Wichita, the Air Capital of the World. […]
E.M. LAIRD – AVIATION PIONEER
When Emil Matthew “Matty” Laird came to Wichita, Kan., in 1919, he began the city’s transformation from the “Wheat Capital” to the “Air capital of the World.” […]
B-47 VIGNETTES
As a long time fan of the B-47, I have only happy memories of the airplane, especially since I managed to survive some goofy errors in the airplane. […]
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is a company within Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, which plans to offer sub-orbital spaceflights and later orbital spaceflights to the paying public. […]
THE SAGA OF “SMILIN’ THRU”: Travel Air S6000B NC677K
Of all the Travel Air monoplanes built by the factory, constructor number 6B-2012 was unique in being the “flying office” of washing machine entrepreneur Harry L. Ogg. […]