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Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars, has died. He was 102. Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Sunday announced his death on Twitter, both of them calling McGee an American hero. While I am saddened by his loss, I m also incredibly grateful for his sacrifice, his legacy, and his character. Rest in peace, General, wrote Austin, who didn t specify where McGee died. Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Charles McGee reminisces about his career as a military pilot at his home in Bethesda, Maryland in February 2016. Gary Cameron / REUTERS stanley cup The Tuskegee Airmen is the nickname of the first African American unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. McGee was among more than 900 men to train in rural Alabama from 1940 to 1946 after the Army Air Corps was forced t stanley cup o admit Blacks pilots. About 450 deployed overseas and 150 lost their lives in training or combat.McGee was one of only a few pilots mdash; White or Black mdash; who flew combat missions in that conflict and during the Korean and Vietnam wars. You could say that one of the things we were fighting for was equality. Equality of opportunity. We knew we had the same skills, or better,Prime; he told The Associated Press in a 1995 intervi stanley cup ew.After he turned 100, McGee was a Mfzs Scott Gottlieb says coronavirus must be stopped before rebooting economy
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