MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.- Retired Lt. Col. Edward Drummond, an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen, administers the oath of office to Lt. Col. Kimberly Scott, 728th Airlift Squadron, during her promotion ceremony here Oct. 3. Colonel Scott, a Reservist with the 446th Airlift Wing at McChord, is the only current rated female African American C-17 pilot in the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Force photo/Staff Sgt. Grant Saylor)