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Black Wings Audio Tour

by National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
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About the show

This podcast tells the story of the many significant contributions of African American members of the U.S. Air Force.

Latest episodes

  • Black Wings Tour: Integration of the Air Force

    July 30, 2015 · 1 min

    Stand near the exit of the World War II Gallery, where you’ll see the Integration display. In April 1948 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Carl Spaatz announced that the Air Force would desegregate to improve its combat effectiveness, and in…

  • Black Wings Tour: Engineer Aviation Battalions

    July 30, 2015 · 2 min

    Stand in front of the C-46, where you’ll see the Engineer Aviation Battalions diorama. Many African-Americans served in support units during World War II, and the Engineer Aviation Battalions, or EAB, with their skilled engineers and…

  • Black Wings Tour: Lt. Gen. Daniel James III

    July 30, 2015 · 2 min

    Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. Daniel James III is the first African-American to hold the post of Director of the Air National Guard. He assumed that command in 2002 following a flying career that…

  • Black Wings Tour: Gen. Daniel 'Chappie' James Jr.

    July 30, 2015 · 2 min

    Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. General Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. was born on Feb. 11, 1920, in Pensacola, Florida, where he graduated from Washington High School in June 1937. He attended Tuskegee…

  • Black Wings Tour: Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

    July 30, 2015 · 2 min

    Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., an aviation pioneer, is one of the most famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. Graduating from West Point in 1936, he became one of only two…

  • Black Wings Tour: Tuskegee Airmen

    July 30, 2015 · 2 min

    Stand near the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit in the World War II Gallery. The experience of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II showed that given equal opportunity and training, blacks could fly in, command and support combat units as…

  • Black Wings Tour: Eugene Jacques Bullard

    July 30, 2015 · 1 min

    Stand in front of the Eugene Jacques Bullard exhibit in the Early Years Gallery. In August of 1917 Eugene Jacques Bullard, an American volunteer in the French army, became the first black military pilot in history and the only black…

  • Black Wings Tour: Introduction

    July 30, 2015 · 1 min

    I’m Tech. Sgt. Felita LaRock. Traditionally, Black History Month is observed during the month of February in the United States. At the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, we celebrate diversity in Air Force history year round. In…