100-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Promoted To Brigadier General

Now a BRIGADIER GENERAL, 100-year-old #Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee tells he his honorary promotion-- made official December 20th-- is not about him. "We had folks tell us you can’t do something. I think this kind of sweeps that away. Realize that you can." @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/TcnhGBkeXd

— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) December 27, 2019

KCENTV: 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman promoted to Brigadier General

Charles McGee said his honorary promotion is hardly about him, but rather inspiring those to persevere.

BETHESDA, Md. — At 100 years old, Charles McGee has a new accomplishment to add to the wall of his Bethesda home.

"I hope I’m deserving," McGee, who served in World War II as a Tuskegee Airman, said.

On Dec. 20, McGee was promoted to Brigadier General when President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 into law.

"It’s wonderful to be recognized for service and what it means to serve," McGee said. "Certainly to receive that honorary rank is very meaningful."

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WNU Editor: Nice touch. He also looks excellent for his age.

Remembering An American Hero

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Lee Andrew Archer Jr., 90, (left) a decorated World War II aviator, holds aloft an ROTC coin presented by 19- year-old Howard University sophomore and ROTC Cadet Darold F. Ross during a National Black History Month commemoration ceremony at the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ross, a member of ROTC Detachment 130, wants to become a pilot, and said Archer's exploits, and those of the other Tuskegee Airmen, "paved the way -- directly -- for me." Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Pilot Considered The Only Ace Tuskegee Airman Dies -- Washington Post

NEW YORK -- Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company and founder of a venture capital firm, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 90.

His son, Roy Archer, said his father died at Cornell University Medical Center in Manhattan. A cause of death was not immediately determined.

The Tuskegee Airmen were America's first black fighter pilot group in World War II.

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