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The Milan Public Library, 19 Church St. in Milan, is presenting “Tuskegee Airmen: Heroes of the 332nd Fighter Group” from noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 24, in the Olak Community Room, according to a news release. Reed Kimball, director of education at the Military Aviation Presentation Society Air Museum in North Canton, will highlight some […]

After Tuskegee, Alabama, some of America's first Black pilots trained at Selfridge Air National Guard Base before becoming World War II heroes.

What are the odds? Loose your wallet in a swimming pool and it’s easy enough to recover; drop it in the sea and you can kiss it goodbye. Marcie Callawaert lives near Tofino, British Columbia a …

Material from the P-51 Mustang fighter plane forms part of this new watch by AVI-8

Ronald Hammons passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Norman Transcript on 2024-02-13.

Moose on the loose The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming attracts skiing enthusiasts from all over the world. It occasionally also draws a moose or two as was the case recently and as Ken …

The city of Sumter hosted a ceremony to dedicate a P-51 Mustang replica static display to the Tuskegee Airmen at Veterans Park on Feb. 9. The display was installed in July 2023, and is the only full-scale P-51 Mustang replica, on permanent public display, in the United States outside of the National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Alabama.

The city of Sumter hosted a ceremony to dedicate a P-51 Mustang replica static display to the Tuskegee Airmen at Veterans Park on Feb. 9. The display was installed in July 2023, and is the only full-scale P-51 Mustang replica, on permanent public display, in the United States outside of the National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Alabama.

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The unpleasant wartime reality for the Tuskegee Airmen was that, in addition to a determined enemy, they had to fight their own side for the right to serve.