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  • Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman

    President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to the family of Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controller, during a ceremony on Aug. 22, 2018 for his extraordinary heroism in March 2002 while deployed to Afghanistan.Medal of Honor, 2002By direction

  • Tech. Sgt. James H. Ledford

    Distinguished Service Cross, 1943While serving as an engineer on an unarmed B-26, James Ledford pulled the aircraft out of nearly fatal drive after the pilot was wounded. Refusing to bail out, Sgt. Ledford helped fly the aircraft to a safe landing at a friendly airfield.Click here to return to the

  • The Story of the MiG-15bis on Display

     In November 1950, the communists introduced the Soviet-built MiG-15 into battle. Its advanced design and exceptional performance startled United Nations forces. The U.S. hoped one of the planes could be acquired for technical analysis and flight evaluation. However, MiG-15 pilots were very careful

  • Tetrahedrons

    Stopping enemy traffic at night proved to be a difficult problem. One of the more interesting attempts to stop Communist trucks involved dropping tetrahedrons on North Korean roads. Those trucks that were left stranded could then be destroyed by UN fighter-bombers the following morning. In the end,

  • Tactical Air Control Parties

    An Air Force TACP (Tactical Air Control Party) consisted of an experienced Mosquito pilot, a radio operator, a radio mechanic and one or two radio jeeps. TACP personnel lived as soldiers during their tour at the front and carried weapons to defend themselves against attack -- they were unofficially

  • Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

    In April 2006, the U.S. Congress voted to award the Tuskegee Airmen a Congressional Gold Medal, the most prestigious award Congress can give to civilians. The award was presented to the surviving Tuskegee Airmen on March 29, 2007, at a ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol "in recognition of

  • Two-War Flight Suit

    Tuskegee Airman Lt. Haldane King, a B-25 pilot, wore this A-4 flight suit during World War II. His son, Capt. Haldane King Jr., a KC-135 pilot, wore it during the Southeast Asia War.Click here to return to the Tuskegee Airmen Overview.  Find Out More

  • Training Begins

    Reflecting contemporary American custom and War Department policy of segregation, the Army Air Corps announced the formation of its first-ever black combat unit, the 99th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron, in March 1941. The first ground crew trained at Chanute Army Air Field (AAF), Ill., and pilots

  • Tuskegee Airmen

    Reflecting American society and law at the time, the U.S. military remained racially segregated during World War II. Most African American soldiers and sailors were restricted to labor battalions or other support positions. One experiment in the U.S. Army Air Forces, however, demonstrated

  • Type F-1A Utility Heater

    The Type F-1A heater, built by the Herman Nelsen Corp., is a World War II-era portable gasoline-powered unit designed to produce a steady flow of heated air. The Army Air Forces used it in cold climates to pre-heat aircraft and motor vehicle engines for easy starting, and to heat crew compartments,