CAF Red
Tail
Squadron
Launches
Virtual
Museum
to Honor
Tuskegee
Airmen
Red
Wing,
Minn. -
The
Commemorative
Air
Force
(CAF)
Red Tail
Squadron,
America’s
tribute
to the
Tuskegee
Airmen,
today
announced
the
launch
of their
new
Virtual
Museum
at
redtail.org.
The
online
collection
of
artifacts,
memorials
and
personal
mementos
aims to
explore
the
humanity
of the
experiences
of the
Tuskegee
Airmen,
so
people
of all
ages can
gain a
deeper
understanding
of the
positive
impact
of their
service
to our
county.
Not a
physical
collection,
the CAF
Red Tail
Squadron’s
Virtual
Museum
is a
community
collaborative
effort,
made up
of
photos
and
information
of
artifacts
pertaining
to the
Tuskegee
Airmen
submitted
from all
around
the
country.
Anyone
with an
item of
significance
to the
Tuskegee
Airmen,
or has
visited
the
location
of a
memorial
in
tribute
to the
Tuskegee
Airmen,
can
share
their
knowledge
by
submitting
to the
Virtual
Museum.
All that
is
required
is a
good
quality
photo
and the
desire
to help
educate
and
inspire
people
with the
remarkable
legacy
of the
Tuskegee
Airmen!
“World
War II
and the
service
of these
American
heroes
may be
slipping
farther
into the
past,
but the
lessons
to be
learned
from the
Tuskegee
Airmen
are
timeless,”
said CAF
Red Tail
Squadron
P-51C
Mustang
pilot
and CAF
Vice
President
of
Education
Bill
Shepard.
“We know
there
are so
many
people
who are
passionate
about
the
legacy
of the
Tuskegee
Airmen
and have
tangible
pieces
of this
important
history,
right in
their
own
homes.
You can
share
that
knowledge
and
inspire
those
who want
to know
more by
including
a photo
of your
Tuskegee
Airmen
artifact
in our
Virtual
Museum,
and play
an
important
role in
our
mission,
without
your
item
ever
leaving
home.”
Visit
redtail.org
to
peruse
the
Virtual
Museum
that
contains
submissions
from the
Smithsonian
National
Museum
of
African
American
History
and
Culture,
Tuskegee
Airman
Dr.
Harold
Brown,
the
National
Museum
of the
United
States
Air
Force,
the
family
of
Tuskegee
Airman
Fenton
Sands,
Richmond
Executive-Chesterfield
County
Airport
and many
other
CAF Red
Tail
Squadron
supporters.
Got
something
to
share?
Tell us
about it
and
include
your
piece of
history
in the
Virtual
Museum!
About
the CAF
Red Tail
Squadron
The CAF
Red Tail
Squadron
is
committed
to
telling
the
inspirational
story of
the
Tuskegee
Airmen,
America’s
first
black
military
pilots
and
their
support
personnel.
RISE
ABOVE:
Red
Tail,
their
three-fold
outreach
program,
includes
an
airworthy
P-51C
Mustang
and the
RISE
ABOVE
Traveling
Exhibit
mobile
movie
theater.
These
two
exciting
and
entertaining
vehicles
tour the
country
year
round
with
stops at
airshows,
schools,
museums
and
community
events.
In
addition,
the
group
curates
and
provides
extensive
educational
resources
for
students,
teachers,
youth
leaders
and
anyone
looking
to learn
more and
be
inspired
by these
remarkable
American
trailblazers.
The CAF
Red Tail
Squadron
is a
501(c)(3)
charitable
organization
part of
the
Commemorative
Air
Force
(CAF), a
non-military
group
that
restores
and
flies
combat
aircraft
to
remember
the
lessons
learned
from the
defining
moments
in
American
military
aviation
history.
Learn
more at
www.redtail.org.