Chief preserves black history

Retired Chief Master Sgt. James "Jack" Hadley is the owner of the Jack Hadley Black History Museum in Thomasville, Ga. He hosts approximately 3,000 visitors per year and has more than 4,000 artifacts, documents and pictures depicting African-American history. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman)

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

Retired Lt. Col. William Holloman, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, signs autographs near a lithograph depicting the Tuskegee Airmen in combat during World War II 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

Retired Lt. Col. William Holloman, one of the documented original Tuskegee Airmen, participates in a panel discussion prior to the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Oct. 10 at Moton Field, Ala. (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)