Delaware's inaugural Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day Expo at Dover Air Force Base

Guest speakers at the Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day Expo March 28 in Dover, from left: Dr. Gerald Curry, director of the Air Force Review Boards Agency; Ernestine Epps, Command Chief Warrant Officer for the Delaware National Guard, and state Sen. Eric Buckson.

Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker, D-Wilmington, whose great-uncle was a Tuskegee Airman, presented the Delaware House resolution declaring Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day as the fourth Thursday in March during the expo at Dover Air Force Base on Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Col. George London, one of the Air Force's first Black test pilots, greets students from First State Military Academy at the Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in Dover March 28. From left, Amani Mays-Winter, Col. London, Shiane Polk-Johnson and Re’myah Wallace.

From left, Kaden Slaughter from the Virginia Tech Air Force ROTC meets Col. George London, an Air Force pilot who followed in the footsteps of the Tuskegee Airmen. London was the first test pilot on the C-17 Globemaster, one of the largest aircraft in the Air Force.

College and high school students interested in military careers listen to speakers at Delaware’s inaugural Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day Expo at Dover Air Force Base March 28.

Major Douglas “Bane” Jenkins (left) talks to students at Delaware’s inaugural Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day Expo at Dover Air Force Base March 28.

From right, Don Blakey from the John H. Porter Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen talks with Greg Pitts and Jack Ferrell from Freire Charter School in Wilmington about Delawareans involved with the Tuskegee Airmen at the inaugural Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in Dover March 28.

Standing next to a photo of the original 99th Fighter Squadron of the Tuskegee Airmen is David Terrell, from the Heart of Carolina Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen in North Carolina. He's retired from the Air Force, a former loadmaster for the C-130 cargo plane.

Lt. Isabella Mollison talks to students about opportunities in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps during the inaugural Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day Expo March 28 at Dover Air Force Base.

From left, Delaware Civil Air Patrol cadets Abigail Cranford and Sebastian Somoano talk to students about robotics during Delaware’s inaugural Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day Expo at Dover Air Force Base March 28.