Carrying on the Red Tails legacy this nonprofit is helping put more Black pilots in the cockpit
Itโs a statistic alarming to the founders of Red Tail and one they are hoping to change. Moore, now 23, became the first recipient of the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation in 2016. Now he is a Red Tail Foundation instructor passing on what he learned to other scholars. This is where the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation comes in, operating at Moton Field, scholars receive funding and mentorship. Lt. Col. Richard Peace, the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation board of directors co-chairman, said the nonprofit hopes to extend the program to other areas in the southeast.
Member of famed Tuskegee Airmen dies from coronavirus
Lumpkin, a Los Angeles native, died Dec. 26, according to a statement from Los Angeles City College, which he attended from 1938 to 1940. Theodore Lumpkin Jr. was just days short of his 101st birthday. Lumpkin, a Los Angeles native, died Dec. 26, according to a statement from Los Angeles City College, which he attended from 1938 to 1940. The Tuskegee Airmen escorted bombers in Europe. In 2007, the Tuskegee Airmen were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.