BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Col. Gordon Jacobs (left) puts wing patches onto the uniform of retired Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col Robert Ashby. Colonel Ashby is one of five Tuskegee Airman visiting here. Colonel Jacobs is the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group commander. The Army created the Tuskegee Airmen unit in 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)