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An Air Force Veteran was amongst Capitol Hill rioters Larry Rendall Brock, Jr. was seen wearing a combat helmet, body armor, and tactical gear while holding zip-tie handcuffs Former Air Force lieutenant colonel, Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., was amongst the rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in protest of the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral votes. Brock, 53, is a Texas-based Air Force Academy graduate. He was captured in photos and on film wearing a comba...

One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen — the first Black pilots in the segregated U.S. military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II — has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced Friday. Theodore Lumpkin Jr. was just days short of his 101st birthday.

LOS ANGELES — Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen whose service as a member of the all-Black unit during World War II helped desegregate the U.S. military, has died at age 100. Lumpkin, a native Angeleno, died of Covid-19 on Dec. 26 at a hospital, just days shy of his 101st b

One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen—the first Black pilots in the segregated US military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II—has died of complications from the coronavirus.... US News Summaries. | Newser

Esteemed Tuskegee Airmen Theodore Lumpkin Dies From COVID-19 Theodore Lumpkin, Jr., of the distinguished Tuskegee Airmen, has succumbed to complications of COVID-19. According to a press release from Los Angeles City College (LACC), the beloved airman and alumnus of the institution died on Dec.26– days before his 101st birthday.  News of his death shook the college. “The LACC community is saddened by the loss of Theodore Lumpkin Jr., “said Dr. Mary Gallagher, President, Los Angeles Cit...

Theodore "Ted" Lumpkin Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen whose service as a member of the all- Black unit during World War II helped desegregate the U.S. military, has died at age 100.

Lumpkin died at a hospital in his hometown of Los Angeles.

The L.A. Times says Lumpkin was an intelligence officer because his eyesight wasn't good enough to be a pilot.

Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, has died from complications of the coronavirus just days before his 101st birthday.

Ted Lumpkin, original Tuskegee Airman, dies from COVID-19 at 100 Updated Jan 09, 2021; Posted Jan 09, 2021 FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2011, file photo, Harry E. Johnson Sr., left, president & CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation, takes Tuskegee Airmen, including Theodore Lumpkin Jr., center, and Dabney Montgomery, right, on a tour of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Lumpkin has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/J...