Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died.
Prior to WWII, Black Americans were not allowed to serve in the Air Force. But in 1941, the Tuskegee Airmen unit was established by the U.S. Army Air Corps.
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - This week, the Mississippi Aviation and Heritage Museum celebrates its five-year anniversary.
Lt. Col. George Hardy, the last surviving combat pilot of the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the age of 100.
At 19, he was one of the youngest pilots in the all-Black unit to see combat in World War II. “I used to say the Army’s No. 1 ...
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Tuskegee airman George Hardy dies at 100, last in WWII combat
George Hardy, an original Red Tail and the last Tuskegee combat pilot of WWII, dies at 100; he flew 21 missions escorting ...
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