On this day in aviation history-66 years ago, on May 22, 1959-Benjamin O. Davis Jr. became the first African American Major General in the United States Air Force. Best known for commanding the ...

WASHINGTON (March 16, 2015) -- The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, is naming its newest cadet barracks after Air Force Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., a Tuskegee Airman who had ...

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (Dec. 18, 1912 - July 4, 2002) was an Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. After attending the University of Chicago, he was appointed to ...

Douglas Melville of New York City was very close with his late Uncle, U.S. Air Force general officer Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. He smiles as he remembers the lessons he learned from the U.S. Military ...

The Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. animatronic next to the Red Tail P51. Credit: San Diego Air & Space Museum The San Diego Air & Space Museum Friday opened its new permanent exhibit “Breaking Barriers,” ...