Air Force. The move prompted Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala. This will not stand. They took to the skies in P Thunderbolt, P Mustang and other fighter aircraft to escort bombers on dangerous missions over Germany.
The all-Black nd Fighter Group had one of the lowest loss records of all the bomber escorts in the war. President George W. The WASPs ferried new bombers from the assembly lines to airfields where they were shipped off to war, freeing up male pilots for combat missions. They earned the right to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery just in the last decade. Trump celebrated the Tuskegee Airmen during his first term, promoting legendary aviator Charles McGee to brigadier general and pinning his stars in the Oval Office, Britt posted.
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