George Hardy, a Tuskegee Airman who fought in three wars, passes away at 100
Lieutenant Colonel George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman, Dies at 100 Lieutenant Colonel George Hardy, one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, has passed away at the venerable age of 100. His service during World War II marked him as part of the first unit of African American military pilots in the U.S. At just 19, Hardy […]
Remains of Pennsylvania WWII airman recognized 80 years after crash in Burma
Identification of WWII Airman Leads to Upcoming Burial Almost 80 years after his disappearance in a World War II plane crash in Burma, the remains of Lieutenant Colonel Henry J. Carlin, from Pennsylvania, have been identified. This development paves the way for a long-awaited burial at Arlington National Cemetery. In the summer of 1943, the […]
Deceased airman named as the murderer in a 40-year-old cold case from Utah
The individual responsible for the murder of an 18-year-old woman in Utah four decades ago has been identified, as announced by authorities on Thursday. Christine Gallegos was discovered deceased on May 16, 1985, on Jefferson Avenue in Salt Lake City. The medical examination revealed she had been beaten, stabbed, sexually assaulted, and shot in a […]
Active-duty US airman charged in killing of missing woman on South Dakota military base
Active Dutty Airman in South Dakota has been arrested on federal charges after authorities were allegedly murdered a missing Native American woman at a military base. Quintaius Chappelle, 24, an Airmam Basic stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, is charged with two-degree murder after 21-year-old Sahela Toka won Sangrait. Chapelle appeared before US Magistrate Judge […]
Active US airman accused of killing woman, 21, on his South Dakota military base: authorities
An active Air Force member was arrested Friday when he allegedly killed a 21-year-old woman at a military base in South Dakota, authorities said. 24-year-old Airman Quintaius Chappelle suffered a federal second-degree murder charge after the heavily disassembled body of a Sahela Sangrait that had been disassembled earlier this month. The Pennington County Sheriff's Office […]
Airman dead, another wounded after shooting at US Air Force base: officials
A shooting at a US Air Force Base in New Mexico killed one aviator early Saturday and another injured, military officials said it was not a terrorist act or an attack by an outsider. He added. A statement from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque said security forces responded to a shooting near one of […]
Shooting just outside New Mexico Air Force base leaves airman dead
The shooting just outside Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico killed one airline and another gun was hospitalized early Saturday, the Air Force said. Members of the 377th Security Force responded to the incident at Truman Gate at Albuquerque Base around 2am on Saturday. The Air Force said. The second wounded aviator was shot […]
Memphis’s Last Surviving Tuskegee Airman Dies at 99
One of the last surviving members of the original Tuskegee Airmen has died at the age of 99. Jerry T. Hodges Jr., the last Tuskegee aviator born in Memphis, Tennessee He reportedly died in California on Thursday. In the 1940s, approximately 992 pilots went on to the segregated Tuskegee program. Hodges was one of about […]
American Airman Who Leaked Classified Ukraine Documents Slapped With 15-Year Sentence
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced an American airman to 15 years in prison for leaking classified military information related to the Ukraine war. Jack Teixeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested in March after posting hundreds of restricted Department of Defense documents on Discord, including one describing combat positions in Ukraine. Pleaded […]
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
The teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force soldier who was shot to death by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in his home in May has been killed in a shooting in the Atlanta area, police said. Andre Fortson, the 16-year-old brother of Senior Airman Roger Fortson, was killed this week in DeKalb County, near Atlanta’s […]