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African American Heritage
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Going 'where no African-American had gone before'  1

Tuskegee nurse first African-American in Army Nurse Corps  2

Thomas N. Barnes: First African-American CMSAF  5

Longest serving Airman also longest serving African-American in DoD  1

Vietnam War rescue pilot goes on to command space shuttle

Photographer sees war first hand  9

First black female fighter pilot follows childhood dream  6

Olympian becomes weather officer during World War II

African-American astronaut gave ultimate sacrifice during space shuttle mission  6

Daniel James III makes own mark in Air Force history  1

Tuskegee Airman broke color barriers through civil disobedience  5

Nurse faced hurdles for military acceptance  1

Citizen Airman leaves mark as African-American female aviator

AF flight surgeon makes mark during historic space flight  2

Tuskegee Airman one of first 'top guns'
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Tuskegee Airman one of first 'top guns'

Star Trek fan becomes first African-American female to fly U-2  8

AF first female maintenance officer leads way as first African-American female general

Young girl's curiosity of science leads to becoming first African-American woman in space

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