Sixty-five years after the Defense Department launched a program
to train the first black military pilots and aircrews, veterans of
the Tuskegee Airmen say they're proud of the barriers they helped
break down and the example they set for today's servicemembers.
More news from Farnborough 2006... as the C-27J Joint Cargo
Aircraft Team announced this week it has chosen Cecil Field in
Jacksonville, FL as the site for the production and final assembly
of the C-27J aircraft for the US Army and US Air Force Joint Cargo
Aircraft program, should the aircraft be chosen to fulfill that
role in the US military.
Representatives with Lockheed Martin are using this week's
Farnborough International Air Show to send a clear message: there
are NO problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, newly
designated the "Lightning II" by the US Air Force.
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