Lt. Col. Stew Newton, 16th Airlift Squadron commander, gives Tuskegee Airman, retired Lt. Col. Hiram Mann, a C-17 tail during his visit to the 16th Airlift Squadron Nov. 2, 2012 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Entering the Army Air Corps as a pre-aviation student in 1942, Mann was assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Red Tail Angels, in Italy. During his career, Mann flew the P-40 "Warhawk" and the P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter-type aircraft, and co-piloted the B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, the C-47 "Gooney-bird" and the C-45 "Expediter” cargo planes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashlee Galloway)
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