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Freeman Field hosts Kansas Aviation Expo

The Russell Freeman field. Lt. Russell Freeman, a former ACI correctional officer, spent much of his time with his beloved family, friends and teams at the softball fields at Winslow Park. That’s why his family says they can’t think of a better way to memorialize his legacy- by naming something after him; that he loved so much. On Friday, hundreds from the community gathered together to help celebrate the new name of the softball field. Warwick’s Mayor Frank Picozzi also was there to throw out one of the first pitches. “I know he’s smiling ear to ear with that Big Russ smile. I kno...

March 12, 2021 Col. Benjamin O. Davis (left), commanding officer of the 332nd Fighter Group, and Edward C. Gleed, group operations officer, stand in front of a plane in Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. Toni Frissell, Library of Congress // No Known Restrictions on Publication The first Black pilots to serve in the United States military—along with the navigators, mechanics, instructors, and other personnel who supported them—are today remembered as the Tuskegee Airmen. Established in 1941, they built an impressive combat record, helped the Allies win World War II, and put the U.S. armed f...

>> reporter: to the surprise of white pilots, the tuskegee airmen go on to play a vital role in the u.s. victory in world war ii. >> yesterday, i fulfilled one of my ambitions as a combat pilot. i got one airplane. >> reporter: they had flown over 15,000 sorties and earned one legion of merit, one silver star, 14 bronze stars, 96 distinguished flying crosses and many purple hearts. but the returning tuskegee airmen were in for disappointment. >> segregation was still a part of the army leadership. >> reporter: just prior to the war's end, at the freeman field airfield in indiana, a group of tu...

A look back at 2020 in Jackson County Few words — some perhaps not printable — better describe 2020 than “unprecedented.” From the day coronavirus first made its appearance on the front page of The Tribune on Feb. 20, you’d be hard-pressed to find any story that didn’t contain COVID-19, pandemic or coronavirus on the front page or any inside page for that matter. In fact, there have been more than 1,000 news items containing the word coronavirus and/or COVID-19 this year. 1 of 7 Poll workers with Brownstown 1 and Brownstown 2 precincts prepare voters to cast their ballots Nov. 3 i...