Air Force Association honors Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen
Sen. Orrin Hatch laughs with retired Lt. Col. Walter McCreary, retired Col. Charles McGee and retired Col. Elmer Jones at the Air Force anniversary dinner Sept. 16, 2009, at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Senator Hatch is the senator of Utah, and Colonels Jones, McGee and McCreary are members of the Tuskegee Airmen. Senator Hatch received the W. Stuart Symington Award and Tuskegee Airmen were presented a Lifetime Achievement Award. The dinner was the end of the 2009 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)