In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where ...

In a 10-minute film from 1945, future-President Ronald Reagan tried to convince America why it needed flyers like the ...

Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps' most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi aircraft in a single day.

"I was willing to do anything to get my wings." He was among the first of 1,000 Black pilots trained at Tuskegee Army Airfield in the 1940s. He graduated in June 1944, then went to South Carolina ...

Stewart was among the first 1,000 Black pilots in the 1940s who were trained at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama before Black and white airmen were allowed to serve together. Only one of them ...

The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed the death of Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr. to the ...

He joined the Army Air Forces at 18 and earned his wings the next year at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, long before he learned how to drive a car. As part of the all-Black 301st Fighter ...

DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100.

Harry T. Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft. (Courtesy of Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart/HistoryNet) Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., one of World War II’s ...