February 19, 1942 | Tuskegee Airmen Activated
On February 19,1942, the 100th Fighter Squardron was activated in the 332 Fighter Group which is better known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
![By Frissell, Toni, 1907-1988, photographer.Jake Wartenberg at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons Tuskegee airmen 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tuskegee_airmen_2.jpg/512px-Tuskegee_airmen_2.jpg)
Photograph shows several Tuskegee airmen. Front row, left to right: unidentified airman; Jimmie D. Wheeler (with goggles); Emile G. Clifton (cloth cap) San Francisco, CA, Class 44-B. Standing left to right: Ronald W. Reeves (cloth cap) Washington, DC, Class 44-G; Hiram Mann (leather cap); Joseph L. “Joe” Chineworth (wheel cap) Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Elwood T. Driver? Los Angeles, CA, Class 44-A; Edward “Ed” Thomas (partial view); Woodrow W. Crockett (wheel cap); at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)
![By Master Sergeant John E. Lasky (US Air Force Public Affairs [1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Tuskegee Airmen touring Balad Air Base](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tuskegee_Airmen_touring_Balad_Air_Base.jpg/512px-Tuskegee_Airmen_touring_Balad_Air_Base.jpg)
Captain Mark Ferstl (left) explains an unmanned aerial vehicle’s ground control station to Tuskegee Airmen retired Lieutenant Colonel Lee Archer (sitting) retired Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ashby (back right) and retired Colonel Dick Toliver (leaning on the chair). The Tuskegee Airmen are here to meet deployed 332d Expeditionary Operations Group Airmen and observe operations.
Tribute To Black History Month
December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950 – Carter Godwin Woodson

Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Dr. Carter G. Woodson began “Negro History Week” the forerunner to Black History Month. Dr. Woodson was a noted, historian, journalist, author and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.