News & Events

• Stolen Valor Act is Signed into Law
• Van Hollen Awards Tuskegee Airmen's Congressional Gold Medal to DOTA Major Edward Talbert
• "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" returns Los Angeles - on June 8th for one show only!
• National heroes--the Tuskegee Airmen to be honored on Memorial Day, Marietta National Cemetery
• Sunday June 9th - HUBERT L. "HOOKS" JONES CHAPTER TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, INC. SCHOLARSHIP AWARD LUNCH 2013
• Charles "Chief" Anderson Among National Aviation Hall of Fame 2013 Honorees
• Davis Middle School in northwest Omaha will open in August 2013
• American Legion Post 77 will host the first community recognition of Tuskegee Airman Val R. Archer on Saturday, May 18, Armed Forces Day, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. at 674 Legion Road, Conyers.
• Sequestration Causes Sunday Closure of Tuskegee Airmen National Park
• BSC & BBEA to host Tuskegee Airmen
• New Exhibit at DIA Features History of Colorado's Tuskegee Airmen
• Interstate 70 in Colorado Renamed Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail
• Team Offutt comes together to celebrate Black History Month
• Colorado Hubert L. "Hooks" Jones Chapter to Unveil Tribute to the Chapter's Heroes
• "Red Tails" named best picture at the 44th NAACP Image Awards
• Tuskegee Airmen were among the honored guests at the 2nd inauguration of President Barack Obama. See the pictures
• Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., to receive NFF Gold Medal
• New Houston High School Named For General Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
• DOTAs Join Lucas at EAA AirVenture this Summer
• Tuskegee Airmen visit legendary Moton Field

• Tuskegee Emblem Officially RecognizedThe Air Force has officially recognized the insignia of the 477th Bombardment Group

• QPTV Presents : Queens PerspectivesThe Learning Tree Mulit-Cultural School Tuskegee Airmen Honoree Reception

• The Tuskegee Airmen Visit the White HousePresident Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited a group of American heroes to the White House for a very special movie night.

• Tuskegee Airmen Top Guns CelebratedEvent looks back at the accomplishments of America's heroes

• The new George Lucas film Double Victory to be shown in UKThe movie about the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, is to be shown at the Institute for the Study of the Americas

Newsletters

• TAI Post Convention Newsletter
  Corrections to 2012 Post Convention Newsletter:

  Page 1: Dr. Welton Taylor incorrectly appears on the 2012 Lonely Eagles list. Lonely Eagles listed in the newsletter are Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTAs) who were trained and/or served at Tuskegee Army Flying School. Among the 992 pilots who received their training at Tuskegee Army Flying School, 51 were liaison pilots. According to official military records, Dr. Taylor received his flying training in Pittsburg, Kansas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

  Page 5: Protocal should be "Protocol"; Maj. Gen. Harold Mitchell was incorrectly listed as Gen. Harold Mitchell; Lonely Eagle Report should be DOTA Information; Form 7 should be Form 7e.

  Let's Set the Records Straight:

  Occcasionally, information about Tuskegee Airmen gets confused. We will attempt to straighten out the facts based on official government and TAI historical documentation.

  Here, for example, are results of some recent fact-checking:

  The Congressional Gold Medal, signed by President George W. Bush in 2007, was presented to Tuskegee Airmen collectively. None of the Tuskegee Airmen received this award as individuals. The Congressional Gold Medal is not a military honor. Instead, it is the highest award given by the United States Congress.

  According to a document titled, "Me-262s Shot Down By US Pilots," Major Joseph Myers and 2nd LT Manfred O. Croy, Jr., of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 305th Fighter Wing, shared the first kill of an Me-262 by an American on August 28, 1944.

• TAI Election Year Newsletter
• TAI INC New Year Newsletter
• TAI Post Convention Newsletter
• TAI Summer 2011 Newsletter