Travis Air Force Base honors Black History and Tuskegee Airmen
Travis Air Force Base honors Black History and Tuskegee Airmen
Posted: Feb 19, 2021 8:46 AM
Updated: Feb 19, 2021 12:38 PM
Posted By: Julia Yarbough
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – It is known as The Gateway to the Pacific. The place in reference is Travis Air Force Base, in Solano County.
The base is honoring the military’s first black pilots during recognition events for Black History Month. The base launched a KC-10 aircraft, manned by an all-black crew.
It is being called a ‘heritage flight’ to recognize the famed Tuskegee Airmen; the all black flight squadron who flew missions in the 1940s and during World War II, at a time when segregation was a daily reality and many African American military members faced discrimination at home in the United States, despite service to their country.