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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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History comes full circle for black aviators

Capt. Clint Johnson talks with 81-year-old Charles Lane, an original Tuskegee Airman, as they sit in the flight deck of a C-17 Globemaster III on Aug. 5. The original Tuskegee Airmen were given the orientation flight by an all-black aircrew as part of the 2006 Tuskegee Airman Convention in Phoenix. Captain Johnson is a reservist with the 300th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Wayne Capps)

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