An American pilot from the first all-black flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II, will attend Barack Obama’s inauguration as an honored guest.
that served in Europe during World War II. He was one of only fifteen pilots to shoot down the advanced German Me-262 jet fighter.
All 330 surviving members of the the Tuskegee Airmen have been invited to the Inauguration Day swearing-in ceremony.