缅怀先驱者查尔斯·麦基
Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, left, spoke with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew during a Black History Month program titled “Trailblazers, The Story of a Tuskegee Airman,” Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. McGee, a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, was a career officer in the Air Force also serving during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He passed away earlier this week at the age of 102.
退役的美国空军准将查尔斯·麦基(左)在2020年2月5日星期三在华盛顿特区的美国宇航局总部举行的题为“开拓者,一个塔斯基吉空军的故事”的黑人历史月活动中与美国宇航局宇航员阿尔文·德鲁交谈。麦基是第二次世界大战期间塔斯克吉空军的一名飞行员,曾在朝鲜和越南战争期间在空军服役。他于本周早些时候去世,享年102岁。
Over his 30 years of service he flew 409 combat missions. He was one of the 355 Tuskegee pilots who flew in combat.
在他30年的服役生涯中,他执行了409次战斗任务。他是355名在战斗中飞行的塔斯基飞行员之一。
Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
影像来源:NASA/Joel Kowsky