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  1. James Henry Harvey III (born July 13, 1923) is a retired United States Army Air Corps / United States Air Force (USAF) officer and former African American fighter pilot who served with 332nd Fighter Group 's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails", or among enemy German pilots, Schwartze Vogelmenschen ("Black birdme...

  2. Feb 22, 2022 · Lt. Col. James Harvey had one wish for much of his Air Force career. He wanted the 332nd Fighter Group -- the Tuskegee Airmen -- to be recognized for winning the Air Force's first-ever aerial...

  3. Jan 25, 2024 · Lieutenant Colonel James H. Harvey went on to become one of the most decorated war heroes of his time. Not only did his dream of flying come true, but he served as a member of the distinguished pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama: The Tuskegee Airmen.

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  5. Lt. Col. James H. Harvey III was a pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He later flew on the team that won the Air Force’s 1949 Gunnery Meet, which history remembers as the first ‘Top Gun’ style weapons competition. Harvey was also the first African American jet fighter pilot to fly in combat, flying in the ...

  6. Nov 30, 2023 · Nov. 30, 2023. Storied Tuskegee Airman James Harvey III was honorarily promoted to colonel during halftime of the Air Force vs. Army game on Nov. 4 before tens of thousands of spectators at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. Harvey, who turned 100 years of age in July, is among the few World War II Tuskegee Airmen still surviving today.

  7. Nov 7, 2023 · Rocky Mountain PBS. DENVER — More than 50,000 strong shook the foundation of Empower Field at Mile High Saturday, as Lt. Colonel James H. Harvey III made his way out of the North Tunnel with his closest family and friends by his side.

  8. U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – At 100 years old, World War II and Korean War airpower legend U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James H. Harvey III., one of the nation’s first African American fighter pilots with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, received an honorary promotion to the rank of colonel.

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