Black pilots

FLYING For the Colors Tenacity Helped This C-130 Pilot Earn Her Wings

Despite lack of representation in pilot training, USAF C-130 pilot Capt. Thessa Washington persevered to become one of only two Black pilots in her unit.

Kimberly Johnson

News Watch: ‘Accelerating the Legacy’Jeremy Kariuki

News Meet Four African Americans Making a Difference in Aviation Meg Godlewski

Military The Story of Jesse L. Brown: The Navy’s First African American Pilot Jeremy Kariuki

Military Why Are There So Few African American Air Force Pilots?Kimberly Johnson and Jeremy Kariuki

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