1949 15th April – AFS Ambala , receiving wings from Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman

A 99th Fighter Squadron pilot studies his map before a mission

A B-25 crew consults a flight plan in April, 1945, prior to a training mission

A B-25 waist gunner handles the .50 caliber machine gun

Tuskegee Airmen exiting the parachute room at Ramitelli, Italy. March 1945. From left: Richard S. “Rip” Harder, Brooklyn, Class 44-B; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines

Address of welcome to Army Air Corps cadets in front of Booker T. Washington Monument on the grounds of Tuskegee Institute

An undated photo shows (far left) 1st Lt. Ramon F. Noches with other two Tuskegee Airmen, assigned to the 477th Bomb Group Godman Field, Fort

Mechanics of the 99th Pursuit Squadron inspect the engine of a BT-13 Valiant trainer aircraft at the new U.S. Army Flying