10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 K&C US Air Force This warrior’s name means “Stands

This warrior’s name means “Stands Beside

These musters were social events for the whole town

in place of the body belt

The Army Air Corps established a training program for black aviators at the Tuskegee Institute thus earning them the nickname the “Tuskegee Airmen

The typical combat aircraft of 1918 was a fabric-covered externally braced biplane with fixed landing gear and open cockpits

10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 K&C US Air Force This warrior’s name means “StandsThe United States Army Air Forces (U. S. A. A. F. or A. A. F.) was the major land based aerial warfare service of the United States Army. When established it was composed of 15 permanent combat groups, each organized into three or four flying squadrons. By World War II it held 67 combat groups: 26 were classified as Bombardment; 26 Pursuit groups (renamed fighter group in May 1942); 9 Reconnaissance groups; and 6 Troop Carrier Combat Cargo groups.