They may be retired and may have fought their war 60 years ago, but five of the Tuskegee Airmen went to Iraq to visit with present-day members of their famed unit—the 332nd Fighter Group—at the behest of US Central Command Air Forces. Making the trip were five pilots, a mechanic, and a supply officer.
An Air Force F-16 pilot designed a collapsible ladder that weighs just six pounds and folds into the unused cockpit map case.