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Retired U.S. Air Force Captain Albert Whitesides Jr., 76, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, blows out a candle during the "Lonely Eagle" ceremony in the Randolph Officer's Club. About 20 pilots, original members of the famed black World War II flying unit, were in attendance for the ceremony which commemorated Tuskegee Airmen who are no longer living and also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force

High angle shot looking down at three members of the Tuskegee Airmen as they stand next to a partially shown P-51 Mustang, World War II era, fighter aircraft. From left to right are, retired Colonel Charles McGee, retired Lieutenant Colonel Woody Crockett and former STAFF Sergeant Ellsworth Jackson. The Tuskegee Airmen were members of an all-black combat flying unit during World War II. This image is from the February 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

Retired U.S. Air Force COL. Fitzroy"Buck"Newsom, an original Tuskegee AIRMAN, signs a poster that was presented to him at the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Feb. 1, 2005. COL. Newsom was the honor guest speaker during the Black History Luncheon here. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Melissa Flores) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Kathleen Hoke of Combined Task Force (CTF), Operation NORTHERN WATCH, Communications Directorate and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Brian Van Scoy of 39th Comptrollers Flight stand solemn during a candlelight vigil in honor of the Prisoner Of War/Missing In Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day, at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Jimmy Carter, Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), blows out a single candle on a birthday cake made in honor of the Air Force's 55th birthday at a forward deployed location (FDL), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force World War II Tuskegee Airmen retired LT. COL. Nasby Wynn, (right), Henry C. L. Bohler (left), CHIEF Warrant Officer George Abercrombie (2nd from left), and U.S. Air Force COL. Lloyd Stark autograph a wing spar for a Vans RV9A aircraft at MacDill Aeronautical Academy, T.R. Robinson High School, Tampa, Fla. on Oct. 22, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Chad Chisholm) (RELEASED)

US Air Force Captain Rosella Sewell (Left), a member of the Base Honor Guard, at the 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown, Pennsylvania, renders a salute to Tuskegee AIRMAN Sam Rhodes (In red blazer), after presenting him with a flag. The presentation took place during Veterans Day celebration at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Richard Macon, a Captain (CPT) with the US Air Force (USAF) Tuskegee Airmen speaks about is experience as the first black Prisoner Of War (POW) during World War II after a military luncheon for the Tuskegee Airmen, during the 33rd Annual National Convention, held at the Hilton Qwest Convention Center Omaha, Nebraska (NE). (SUBSTANDARD)

U.S. Army Chaplain Avrohom Horovitz (left) blesses an atonement candle as a Soldier from the 25th Infantry Division lights it during Yom Kippur Services at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 24, 2004, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

Retired Air Force Captain Albert Whitesides, Jr., 76, one of the original members of the Tuskegee Airmen, extinguishes a candle during the"Lonely Eagle"ceremony on 28 Feb 97, in the Randolph Officers Club. The ceremony commemorated Tuskegee Airmen who are no longer living. About 20 original members of the Black World War II pilots were in attendance and were honored during a formal dinner that also celebrated the Air Force's 50th Anniversary

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Base: Randolph Air Force Base

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Javier Garcia, Civilian, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Distinguished visitors attend a dedication ceremony

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The joint, multinational attendance watches the various

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Sean Baker (right), 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron (AACS), 3rd Operations Group (OG), 3rd Wing (WG), Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), is dressed in Mission-Oriented Protective Postures-4 (MOPP-4) gear as he decontaminates USAF Captain (CPT) Jon Shaffer (left), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft pilot, 90th Fighter Squadron (FS), 3rd OG, 3rd WG, Elmendorf AFB, AK, during a simulated contamination condition Alarm Black (Nuclear Biological Chemical contamination is present or suspected) drill while participating in a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

Canadian Forces Air Command Major (MAJ) Colin Keiver (Pilot), and Captain (CPT) Michael Parish (Co-Pilot), both assigned to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252), discuss flight plan vector locations in the cockpit of their KC-130 Hercules aircraft, after having delivered humanitarian supplies to a forward operating location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Operation Flags 2015 - A group of soldiers standing in front of a fire truck

US Army National Guard Captain Lisa Amburgey, a registered nurse, and Sergeant Carol Wilson, ANG, a dental assistant from Detachment 5, Kentucky State Area Command (KYSTARC) Medical Group, Blue Grass Station, help move a pole after tearing down their work tent at Camp Stephenson during Exercise NEW HORIZON '97, a joint military/humanitarian exercise in Guyana, South America. The objective of the exercise is to provide training opportunity for the US military units while demonstrating continued support for the people of Guyana, 4 September 1997

In front of his US Air Force (USAF) F-16CG Fighting Falcon, USAF Captain (CAPT) Kevin Dydyk, Pilot, 31st Fighter Wing (FW), poses with his wife and children after returning home from a three-month deployment from Kuwait

A lot of bottles of different colors and sizes. All saints ' day candle cemetery.

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