LtCol George Hardy

Velocity173 said:
Was the last surviving Tuskegee Airman combat vet from WWII. Served and three wars and three very different missions. RIP.

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George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman) - Wikipedia

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Korean War

[Colonel] Hardy was recalled to military service in 1948 and sent to Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. He was sent to Guam with the 19th Bomb Group. He then was sent to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa: he flew a B-29 and piloted 45 combat missions over Korea. One senior officer, then-Lt Col Fred W. Miller, disliked Hardy because of his race and he removed him from a B-29 mission. That B-29 was shot down in North Korean airspace. On a later assignment, Hardy would report to Miller who experienced a complete turnaround; Miller would regard Hardy as one of his best commanders.

What a life. Slow salute.
 
Piperonca said:
Korean War

[Colonel] Hardy was recalled to military service in 1948 and sent to Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. He was sent to Guam with the 19th Bomb Group. He then was sent to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa: he flew a B-29 and piloted 45 combat missions over Korea. One senior officer, then-Lt Col Fred W. Miller, disliked Hardy because of his race and he removed him from a B-29 mission. That B-29 was shot down in North Korean airspace. On a later assignment, Hardy would report to Miller who experienced a complete turnaround; Miller would regard Hardy as one of his best commanders.

What a life. Slow salute.
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Yep. From P-51s to B-29s and finish up with AC-119s in Vietnam. Crazy.
 
factrivia: The 99th is currently slated to take over the T-7 mission at KRND when that Boeing cluster makes it to the ramp. The 99th was the former T-1 squadron, airplane that is now fully divested. The tails were painted red at the top in honor of the Tuskeegee Airmen heritage of the origional 99th Pursuit squadron. Their legacy will continue with the T-7, provided the current admin follows through with the reassignment decision (good bad or indifferent, that reassignment decision was made in the prior admin, and many have already been reflexively reversed by the current DOD admin).
 
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