The United States Army Air Forces, which became the U.S. Air Force in 1947, was home to the 332nd Fighter Group “Redtails” piloted by the Tuskegee Airmen. Until 1948 women were not to allowed to serve in the U.S. military.
Brig. Gen. Allyson Solomon, the assistant adjutant general - Air, Maryland National Guard, became the first black female colonel in the Maryland Air National Guard and then became the first black and first female assistant adjutant general - Air. Solomon recounts her experiences as one of a few black women in the Maryland Air National Guard.
| Date Taken: | 02.11.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.12.2014 12:11 |
| Category: | Interviews |
| Video ID: | 321546 |
| VIRIN: | 140211-A-CY398-616 |
| Filename: | DOD_101118421 |
| Length: | 00:06:36 |
| Location: | BALTIMORE, MD, US |
| Downloads: | 3 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 3 |
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