Chief preserves black history

Retired Chief Master Sgt. James "Jack" Hadley gives a brief history lesson to children from the local community Feb. 12, 2011, during a tour of the Jack Hadley Black History Museum in Thomasville, Ga. After retiring from the Air Force, Chief Hadley moved back to his hometown to educate people about African-American history. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman)

Historic Tuskegee Airmen address Air Force captains

Capt. Roslynn Rayford and Capt. Tony Weedn speak to retired Lt. Col. William Holloman, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen who addressed scores of captains completing their training at Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Knuteson)

Historic homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as site opens

As part of the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Oct. 10 at Moton Field, Ala., National Park Service officials unveil a sign that designates part of Interstate 85, which passes near the city of Tuskegee, as the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama looks on from behind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Knuteson)

Historic homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as site opens

After the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Oct. 10 at Moton Field, Ala., visitors explore the interpretive and static displays housed the in the only remaining original hangar of the "Tuskegee Experience." (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Knuteson)

Remembering the Tuskegee Airmen

Retired Col. Herbert E. Carter shakes hands with an Airman who he just gave the oath of re-enlistment to Oct. 11 at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Ala. Colonel Carter is one of the original members of the Tuskegee Airmen and was on hand for the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. Moton Field in the 1940s was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, these pilots are known as the Tuskegee Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christine Jones)

Remembering the Tuskegee Airmen

Retired Col. Herbert E. Carter shakes hands with an Airman who he just gave the oath of re-enlistment to Oct. 11 at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Ala. Colonel Carter is one of the original members of the Tuskegee Airmen and was on hand for the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. Moton Field in the 1940s was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, these pilots are known as the Tuskegee Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christine Jones)