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U.S. Air Force Academy cadets push a glider out of the academy's midfield hanger before taking flight in the Soaring program at Davis Airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Aug. 10, 2021. (Trevor Cokley/Air Force)

Air Force tries flight-hour cap, flexible test scores to diversify officer candidates

Considering only 60 flight hours would result in about 70 more qualified Hispanic candidates, 47 more women and 26 more Black candidates over 12 years.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago

Tuskegee Airmen memorial shares Freeman Field Mutiny story that led to military desegregation

Creating the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Plaza as his Eagle Scout project three years ago, Tim Molinari wanted to ensure there was a record of what happened at Freeman Army Airfield in Seymour.

By Zach Spicer, The (Semour, Ind.) Tribune

4 years ago