Full story with the history of Lieutenant Colonel Asa D. Herring Jr.:
The last remaining original Tuskegee Airmen in Arizona currently lives in Flagstaff.
“Asa Herring was born in Dunn, North Carolina on October 3, 1926. He had been an avid aviation enthusiast all of his life. He graduated from high school at the age of sixteen and while a student at Tuskegee Institute, in their Aircraft Maintenance program, he passed the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet written examination. Since he was only seventeen years of age, he had to wait until he was eighteen before he could be inducted. His active duty status began on December 27, 1944.
During his 22 years of military service he served in England, Korea, Germany, Vietnam and had other temporary assignments worldwide. He was the first Black Squadron Commander at Luke Air Force Base and trained pilots from several European countries in the F-104G Jet Fighter Gunnery Program. He was officially appointed an honorary Command Pilot in the German Luftwaffe.
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