Gray shares legacy of Buffalo Soldiers

Airmen wearing the uniforms of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War, through the Vietnam War time frame serve as live models at the Living Legends Banquet Museum Feb. 19, 2010, at the Sheppard Air Force Base community center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Litteken)

Buffalo Solider legacy shared at Sheppard

Trooper Fred Gray speaks at the Living Legends Banquet Museum Feb. 19, 2010, at the Sheppard Air Force Base. Trooper Gray is the former president of the Lawton-Fort Sill Chapter of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Association of the Buffalo Soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Litteken)

Wright Brothers

Members of the Wright family and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, placed a wreath at the Wright Brothers Memorial Dec. 17, 2009, during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Amanda Wright Lane, great grand-niece of the brothers and Stephen Wright, great grand-nephew, pose with Col. Brad Spacy (left) and Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson. Colonel Spacy is 88th Air Base Wing commander and General Sampson is mobilization assistant to the commander of Aeronautical Systems Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White)

Wright Brothers

A 6-ship formation of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aero Club aircraft performs a flyover Dec. 17, 2009, during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Flight lead was retired Lt. Col. R. Kevin Adams, the Aero Club's safety officer and formation flight program manager. The event took place over the Wright Brothers Memorial, part of the Dayton Aviation National Historical Park. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White)

Airmen participate in 32nd Annual Bastogne Historic Walk

World War II re-enactors talk with spectactors Dec. 12, 2009, in Bastogne, Belguim. More than 4,500 people came to Bastogne to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathanael Callon)

Airmen participate in 32nd Annual Bastogne Historic Walk

World War II re-enactors walk along a trail Dec. 12, 2009, during the 32nd Bastogne Historic Walk in Bastogne, Belguim. Despite the snow and cold, more than 4,500 people from across Europe and the world participated in the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathanael Callon)

Airmen participate in 32nd Annual Bastogne Historic Walk

Francois Gryson, from Charleroi, Belgium, takes a break Dec. 12, 2009, during the 32nd Bastogne Historic Walk in Bastogne, Belguim. The walk commemorated the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathanael Callon)

AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 scheduled for June 25

Tattoo's theme for 2010 will commemorate veterans from the Korean War, which began June 25, 1950, when North Korea opened fire on South Korea's Army positions south of the 38th parallel, the line which serves as the border between the two countries. Pictured here are Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney; Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief of U.N. Forces; and Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond observing the shelling of Inchon from the U.S.S. Mt. McKinley, Sept. 15, 1950. (U.S. Army historical photo)

Texas WASP honored by senator

Twenty-one Texas-native Women Airforce Service Pilot aviators from World War II gather for the presentation of a commemorative copy of Bill 111-40, which awards them the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award the Congress can bestow a civilian for service to their country Nov. 11, 2009, at Love Field in Dallas. Many WASP officials flew the T-6 Texan, and take a moment to take a photograph beside one following the presentation. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Texas WASP honored by senator

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison presents Betty Jo Streff Reed, a former Women Airforce Service Pilot, with a commemorative copy of Bill 111-40, which was passed by Congress to award the WASP a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow a civilian for service to their country, Nov. 11, 2009, in Dallas. Col. Jacqueline Van Ovost, the 12th Flying Training Wing commander and guest speaker, looked on. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Warrior Flight

Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Pollock (left) and Army National Guard Sgt. Kisha Makerney asks (ret.) Lt. Col, Dick Cole a question about the Doolittle raid on Tokyo during WWII. Cole was Col. Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot for the historic raid. Disabled American Veterans Flight Team coordinated a flight day for wounded warriors and their family on Nov. 5, 2009. They will be flying in historic military aircraft and experimental acrobatic planes at San Antonio International Airport, Texas. Makerney a Ft. Townsend, OK native and Pollock are currently assigned to the San Antonio Military Medical Center. Col. Cole and aircrews have come here from across the region to participate in the Randolph Air Force Base Forging the Future Air Show on November 7-8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Warrior Flight

Japanese A6M2 Zero replica built from T-6 Texan (N4447) revs up the engine to test the throttle shortly before taking off from San Antonio International Airport, Texas on Nov. 5, 2009. Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Flight Team organized flights aboard historic and experimental air show aircraft for wounded warriors from the Warrior Transition Unit of the San Antonio Military Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, two days before the Randolph Air Force Base "Forging the Future" Air Show. DAV a non-profit organization that provides services in support of disabled veterans is not endorsed by the U.S. Air Force. 20th Century Fox had several made for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora and Midway. After the movies collectors bought the planes, Tora, Tora, Tora bought these and have used them for 37 seasons of WWII attack performances. DAV is a non-profit organization that provides services in support of disabled veterans Tora, Tora, Tora nor DAV are endorsed by the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)