Friday, February 19, 2010

Honoring a Tuskegee Airman on an RQ-4 Global Hawk



RQ-4 Global Hawk maintenance Airmen with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Hawk aircraft maintenance unit go through pre-flight servicing while preparing a Global Hawk for a combat mission Feb. 12, 2010, in Southwest Asia. The RQ-4s, assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., achieved 1,500 combat sorties and 30,000 combat flying hours on Feb. 10 and 11 respectively. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)


Staff Sgt. Michael Middleton created a chalk nose art design honoring a Tuskegee Airman on an RQ-4 Global Hawk at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Middleton is assigned to the Global Hawk aircraft maintenance unit of the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Lee Archer died Jan. 27, 2010, in New York City. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jenifer Calhoun)

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