Conrad H. Cheek, a member of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, died Nov. 20. He was 82. According to a brief Washington Post obituary, the North Carolina native received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and a doctorate from Washington University in Missouri. He is on the list of original Tuskegee Airmen pilot graduates compiled by Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
B-1 Bomber Task Force Deploys to Misawa, Japan
Oct. 18, 2025
A quartet of B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas have landed at Misawa AB, Japan, likely for a series of exercises with Japanese, U.S. and Australian forces.