Members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen gathered at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, recently to talk about the early years of racial integration in the military. Lt. Col. James Harvey III and Lt. Col. Harry Stewart jointly lectured on the “Integration of the Air Force: the Early Years.” The two retired Air Forces pilots were joined by another Tuskegee Airman, retired MSgt. Buford Johnson, a crew chief, for a tour of the museum. The Tuskegee veterans credit the Air Force as being at the forefront of racial integration, but Stewart said he believes there is still “token resistance here and there.”
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.