Pilots Honor Tuskegee Airman with Flyover in Virginia In this Dec. 9, 2020, file photo, Alfred Farrar, a Tuskegee Airman, poses for a portrait in the doorway of his home in Lynchburg, Va. Farrar died on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in Virginia, only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99. (Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via AP) 28 Dec 2020 LYNCHBURG, Va. — A group of Virginia pilots performed a flyover to honor a former Tuskegee Airman who died just days before his 100th birthday. Alfred Thomas Farrar, who was part of the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II, died earlier this month. He was 99.