US Air Force pilots take off in a KC-135 Stratotanker from a base in Central Asia to support aircraft conducing airstrikes in Syria, Sept. 23, 2014. US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces on Tuesday ...
On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...