Making history in the sky

Making history in the sky
Coast Guard Lt. Ronaqua Russell standing beside Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry, coupled with undated photo of her Uncle and Tuskegee Airman 1st Lt. Henry E. Rohlsen. by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Kelley Miami – Aviation history was made last month when Lt. Ronaqua Russell, a native of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, became the first African-American female aviator in the Coast Guard to...

Tuskegee airman visits Coast Guard training center

MOBILE, Ala. — Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile played host to one of the last surviving Tuskegee airmen, Thursday, during a brief visit to the unit where he spoke to the crewmembers and trainees who are stationed there. Before his tour, Calvin Moret was treated to a tour of the facility that included in-depth descriptions of each of the different airframes that the training center utilizes....

Coast Guard celebrates Black History Month by honoring Tuskegee Airmen

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard observed the beginning of Black History Month with stories of the Tuskegee Airmen Tuesday. Leonard Hunter, a spokesman for the Wilson V. Eagleson Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen in Goldsboro gave a presentation to more then 50 Coast Guardsmen. Hunter recounted stories to the audience from the training days at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Ala., to the combat...