The Women Who Made The Red Tails Fly Between 1941-1949, 15,000-19,000 people participated in the Tuskegee Airmen "Experience"—but history only remembers the pilots. The women who made those legendary missions possible have been erased. Research confirms at least 41 women served as nurses, but the real number was much higher. Women worked as aircraft mechanics trained at Chanute Air Base, parachute riggers who packed every chute knowing one failure could end the entire program, control tower oper

Tails of red, now unveiled❗️ The first #T7A Red Hawk “Red Tail” jet for the United States Air Force recently made its debut. This advanced trainer jet is scheduled to undergo ground and taxi tests before its first flight later this year. | The Boeing Company

On a 1951 mission, Colonel Charles McGee, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, was hit by Korean gunfire. Despite damage to the left wing of his P-51 Mustang, he was miraculously able to steer it home. 🎥Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation