Retired U.S. Air Force Honorary Brigadier General Charles McGee speaks with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew during a Black History Month program titled “Trailblazers, The Story of a Tuskegee Airman.” McGee, a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, and Drew spoke at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020. McGee was a career officer in the Air Force, also serving during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Over his 30 years of service he flew 409 combat missions. Of the 355 Tuskegee pilots who flew in combat, McGee is one of only nine surviving.
Drew has been a NASA astronaut since 2000, flying aboard space shuttle missions STS-118 in 2007 and STS-133 in 2001, the final flight of the orbiter Discovery. Both missions carried supplies and components to the International Space Station, helping complete its construction.
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Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky