News Summary

• The Soldiers Memorial Military Museum has a new exhibit about the celebrated airmen, “Tuskegee Airmen: America’s Freedom Flyers” The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 2, shows how they earned the respect of their peers even while facing institutional racism in the segregated armed forces.
• The 352 pilots deployed overseas flew nearly 1,600 missions, with one of the lowest rate of bombers lost to enemy fire in the armed services.
• They earned 150 distinguished flying cross medals, 744 air medals and 14 bronze stars.