The Tuskegee Airmen

American Airlines Pilot, Author and Journalist, Sports Writer Collaborate on New Book; Beyond Haiku--Pilot Stories launches April 3 at St. Thomas University

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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DALLAS, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Walter Villa, a Miami Herald journalist and sports writer, met American Airlines Captain Linda Pauwels when he interviewed her for a Miami Dade College publication. That meeting led to other interviews and developed into a friendship. After getting to know Pauwels and her "Beyond Haiku" series, Villa asked her a serious question: "How would you like to team up with me to write a book about pilots?"

Key Points: 
  • Walter Villa, a Miami Herald journalist and sports writer, met American Airlines Captain Linda Pauwels when he interviewed her for a Miami Dade College publication.
  • DALLAS, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Walter Villa, a Miami Herald journalist and sports writer, met American Airlines Captain Linda Pauwels when he interviewed her for a Miami Dade College publication.
  • "My favorite part was seeing the seed of Walter's great idea grow and blossom into a book.
  • The authors interviewed 15 pilots around the globe who shared intimate, thought-provoking personal journeys in the air and on land.

NAA Names James Schenck as the 2024 Whitman Trophy Recipient

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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WASHINGTON and TYSONS, Va., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce that PenFed Credit Union President/CEO & PenFed Foundation CEO James Schenck has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Bruce Whitman Memorial Trophy.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON and TYSONS, Va., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce that PenFed Credit Union President/CEO & PenFed Foundation CEO James Schenck has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Bruce Whitman Memorial Trophy.
  • Created in honor of the aerospace executive and philanthropist bearing its name, Bruce was posthumously named the first trophy recipient in 2019.
  • "No one cared more about our industry than Bruce Whitman," said Jim Albaugh, NAA Chair.
  • "He dedicated his life to service, and I know Bruce would be honored to know that this year's recipient of the Whitman Trophy is James Schenck.

A Response to Unfounded Claims Questioning the Qualifications of Black Commercial Pilots

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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Recent comments questioning the qualifications of Black commercial pilots have compelled us to address these baseless claims with a resolute commitment to truth, merit, and the principles that underpin our profession.

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  • Recent comments questioning the qualifications of Black commercial pilots have compelled us to address these baseless claims with a resolute commitment to truth, merit, and the principles that underpin our profession.
  • We also acknowledge the landmark Supreme Court case of 1963, which outlawed discriminatory hiring practices and mandated commercial airlines hire qualified Black pilots based on merit.
  • The recent unfounded claims regarding the qualifications of Black commercial pilots not only perpetuate harmful stereotypes but also undermine the hard-earned achievements of countless professionals within our community.
  • Captain Jason Ambrosi, President - Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l
    Clovis Jones, President - United States Army Black Aviation Association, Inc.

Masters of the Air: Apple’s Air Force drama is imperfect, but powerful

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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The series is based on Donald L. Miller’s history book of the same name and is produced by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Key Points: 
  • The series is based on Donald L. Miller’s history book of the same name and is produced by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
  • As a historian with interests in the history and memory of the 8th Air Force, I was largely impressed by the show’s historical accuracy, especially the recreation of the base at Thorpe Abbotts.

The European air war

  • Like many of its cinematic predecessors, Masters of the Air examines the doctrine employed by the 8th Air Force – daylight precision bombing.
  • Focused on the “choke-points” in the German war economy – oil refineries, fighter production, ball-bearing manufacture – it was a key point of divergence with Britain’s Royal Air Force which attacked German industry through nighttime “area” bombing.
  • Read more:
    Masters of the Air: ten other films and TV shows about the 'friendly invasion' of the American Eighth Air Force

Missed opportunities

  • The result is a rich story which avoids an overly repetitive format based purely on bombing missions.
  • One is that the series gives relatively little space to exploring the deep bonds between aircrew and East Anglians.
  • This is a shame given the important role long played by the latter in zealously guarding the 8th’s memory.
  • The only African American units to fly in combat, they served with distinction in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy.

An uncertain future

  • For all its stirring soundtrack (Blake Neely’s score certainly makes the spine tingle) the series lacks the power and punch of previous Spielberg-Hanks work.
  • Band of Brothers – with which the series will inevitably be compared – was made in the halcyon days of the turn of the 21st century.
  • The conflict retains this sheen in the American imagination, and Masters of the Air is in thrall to the “greatest generation”.


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Sam Edwards has previously received funding from the ESRC, the US-UK Fulbright Commission, the US Army Military History Institute, and the US Naval War College. Sam is a Trustee of Sulgrave Manor (Northamptonshire), the ancestral home of George Washington, and of The American Library (Norwich) a memorial to the 2nd Air Division of the US 8th Air Force.

LOWE'S INVITES COMMUNITIES TO NOMINATE PROJECTS FOR LOWE'S HOMETOWNS GRANT PROGRAM

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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MOORESVILLE, N.C., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Lowe's continued work to make communities better for all, the home improvement company is accepting project nominations for Lowe's Hometowns. Now in its third year, the five-year, $100 million impact program revitalizes community spaces including food pantries, veteran support programs, first responder facilities, affordable housing services and community gardens.

Key Points: 
  • Now through Feb. 19, people across the country are encouraged to go to Lowes.com/Hometowns to nominate a project to be part of Lowe's Hometowns.
  • This year, Lowe's associates will complete nearly 1,800 projects to improve their communities, including 100 signature grant projects selected through nominations and 1,700 selected by Lowe's associates.
  • "Lowe's Hometowns projects are helping to improve millions of lives across the country, and I'm excited to see the meaningful impact this program will make in 2024."
  • "This program creates a powerful and needed platform to build connections that serve to strengthen and benefit communities for years to come."

TMCF President and CEO Dr. Harry L. Williams has released the following statement on racist statements supported and echoed by Elon Musk

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Armed with the power of history and talent, our students persevere as a counterforce to racism and exclusion.

Key Points: 
  • Armed with the power of history and talent, our students persevere as a counterforce to racism and exclusion.
  • Equally important, they acknowledge that Black economic power is projected at $1.7 trillion by 2030.
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are not about hiring less-qualified individuals but creating a competitive advantage.
  • Summoned to become the architects of America’s destiny, we link our grand aspirations to the vision of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall

Introducing Free Video Streaming App for WWII Documentaries

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Thursday, December 7, 2023
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The nonprofit World War II Foundation has released a free video streaming app with its library of award-winning, celebrity-narrated documentaries—the WWII Streaming Channel. The app offers 34 original films and counting to educate current and future generations on the values and sacrifices of those who served in World War II. It can be downloaded from all major app stores, including from Apple, Google, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and more. Featured films have aired globally and rank nationally in the top 5 most requested programs by PBS and Public Television affiliates.

Key Points: 
  • Get inspired and educated by personal tales from World War II with the new WWII Streaming Channel, a free app developed by the nonprofit World War II Foundation with 34 celebrity-narrated, award-winning documentaries.
  • Download the app in all major app stores, or watch the foundation's latest VR film, The Tuskegee Airmen, for free on YouTube VR and Oculus Quest.
  • SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The nonprofit World War II Foundation has released a free video streaming app with its library of award-winning, celebrity-narrated documentaries—the WWII Streaming Channel .
  • "The WWII Streaming Channel app and our Virtual Reality 360-degree films make the legacies of millions accessible to all."

100-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Promoted to Colonel

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Monday, November 6, 2023
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His two daughters, Alysyn Green and Kathy Harvey, and his niece, Karen Jackson, pinned colonel on his shoulders.

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  • His two daughters, Alysyn Green and Kathy Harvey, and his niece, Karen Jackson, pinned colonel on his shoulders.
  • I want to thank you for breaking barriers, and it's my distinct honor to promote you to colonel today."
  • Brown, promoted him from being the Air Force's oldest lieutenant colonel to the newest colonel in the U.S. Air Force," said AFA's Executive Vice President Maj. Gen. Doug Raaberg, USAF (Ret.
  • "The Air & Space Forces Association is proud to 'issue' him a uniform fitting of his senior rank and stature as a Tuskegee Airman, combat fighter pilot, and leader."

John Marshall Bank Sponsors the Tuskegee Airmen in Bringing the Traveling RISE ABOVE Exhibit to Prince William County

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Monday, August 7, 2023
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John Marshall Bank (“JMB” or the “Bank”), subsidiary of John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: JMSB), is proud to announce the Bank is one of the sponsors bringing the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (“WASP”), and the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit to Prince William County from August 21 to August 27, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • John Marshall Bank (“JMB” or the “Bank”), subsidiary of John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: JMSB), is proud to announce the Bank is one of the sponsors bringing the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (“WASP”), and the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit to Prince William County from August 21 to August 27, 2023.
  • The RISE ABOVE exhibit tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and WASP as they rose above adversity and the clouds to serve the country during World War II.
  • which tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen (pictured) and the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), is coming to the Manassas Airport from August 21-27 thanks, in part, to John Marshall Bank.
  • This community focus aligns with the Bank’s goal of enriching the communities it serves and the Bank is honored to be among the organizations bringing this historic event to Prince William County.

How the US military used magazines to target 'vulnerable' groups with recruiting ads

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Monday, May 1, 2023
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In his forthcoming book, “Tactical Inclusion: Difference and Vulnerability in U.S. Military Advertising,” Jeremiah Favara, a communication scholar at Gonzaga University, examines military recruitment ads published in three commercial magazines between 1973 – when the federal government ended the military draft – and 2016.

Key Points: 
  • In his forthcoming book, “Tactical Inclusion: Difference and Vulnerability in U.S. Military Advertising,” Jeremiah Favara, a communication scholar at Gonzaga University, examines military recruitment ads published in three commercial magazines between 1973 – when the federal government ended the military draft – and 2016.
  • In the following Q&A, Favara explains the rationale behind his book and discusses some of its key findings.

Why did you decide to look at these ads?

    • Scholars have argued that content in Sports Illustrated – known for its racy swimsuit editions – has long been designed to appeal to straight white men.
    • My own research for the book and other scholarship has found that straight white men have consistently been portrayed in recruiting ads as ideal service members.
    • Since the 1960s, Cosmopolitan has played a key role for advertisers in reaching self-sufficient working women as a consumer market.

How were the ads in each magazine distinct?

    • But what was really distinct was how different ads portrayed different people as service members.
    • Similarly, in the 1970s, ads published in Ebony portrayed the military as a site of equal opportunity for Black men.
    • A series of Navy ads talked about a “new Navy” where Black men had opportunities they wouldn’t have had 20 years prior.

Were the magazine ads effective?

    • While there is no way to know if the magazine ads – and not TV ads or other methods of recruiting – were directly responsible for increasing enlistments, my research for the book found that the publication of ads targeting Black recruits and women corresponded with high rates of enlistment from those groups.
    • To me these demographic changes show how, as recruiting ads were being designed to reach women and Black recruits, the military itself was becoming more diverse.
    • I am interested in exploring how ads created a certain vision of the military as what I call a tactically inclusive institution.

What does it mean to be ‘vulnerable’ to military ads?

    • The term is not one that I or other scholars initially decided to use to describe what the military does.
    • Propensity refers to the likelihood that individuals will serve in the military, regardless of whether or not they really want to join the military.
    • One is deemed vulnerable to military service because of a lack of opportunities, resources, support or cultural capital that the military can promise.

Is your book pro-military, anti-military or neutral?

    • I am interested in studying military inclusion and recruitment advertising in order to challenge and resist the violence of the military.
    • It is this tension, between seeing military inclusion as an opportunity and as a risk and form of exploitation, that I grapple with in the book.