The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of Black pilots who helped the Allies win World War II -- and helped break the military color barrier.

However, not only was the program a milestone in training African-Americans as military pilots, but the Tuskegee Airmen went on to succeed with flying colors.

As Memorial Day approaches, Eugene Richardson reflects on his journey and legacy from Camden, New Jersey, to soaring the skies as a Tuskegee Airman.

America’s Freedom Flyers" also includes a space dedicated to the 91 members of the company who came from St. Louis.

In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where thousands of men and women trained to serve in World War II.

President’s Trump's push to eliminate DEI from Federal agencies through Executive Orders almost took out the story of an unlikely casualty: The Tuskegee Airmen.

At Tuskegee, Harvey said his primary trainers were other officers of color who had two jobs: One: teach them to fly. And two: desensitize them to the name-calling they’d be subjected to by the ...

Tuskegee Airman remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump’s DEI purge 101-year-old Col. James H. Harvey III, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, sits for a portrait in Aurora, Colo.

The Tuskegee Airmen Inc. seeks to train and create opportunities for the next generation of Black aviators through its education programs.

“There are not a whole lot of Africans Americans or people of color among the ranks of pilots. We’re trying to change that,” said Jerry Burton, national president of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.

Lloyd Carter, who was killed in a plane crash in June 1945, was among the elite group of Black aviators who broke color barriers in the military in the 1940s.

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump’s DEI purge “I thought there was progress in that area, but evidently there isn’t,” Col. James H ...