THE TUSKEGEE AiRMEN CONVENTiON

ON SATURDAY WE ATTENDED THE TUSKEGEE AiRMEN CONVENTiON. WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON THE AiRFORCE BASE AND SEE VARiOUS PLANES AND JETS USED iN TODAYS WAR. i WAS ABLE TO MEET A COMMANDER THAT HAS DROPPED 3 BOMBS iN iRAQ. i THOUGHT iT WAS VERY NiCE TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE LARGE CARGO PLANES THAT TAKE THE COMMANDERS OFF TO THE DiFFERENT COUNTRiES. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SEE THE EQUiPMENT THE COMMANDERS USE DURiNG WAR AND THE SUPPLiES THEY NEED DURiNG FLiGHT. WE ALSO SAW THE GEAR THEY WORE.
AFTER THE AiRBASE WE ATE LUNCH WiTH DiFFERENT TEENS, OTHER PiLOTS, AND ORiGiNAL TUSKEGEE AiRMEN. i THOUGHT iT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE WiTH WALKiNG LEGENDS. AFTER THE LUNCH WAS OVER i MET WiTH TWO OF THE ORiGiNAL AiRMEN. ONE WAS A CREWMEN AND ONE WAS A FLYER. i WAS AN HONOR TO MEET THEM. AFTER MEETiNG WiTH THEM WE HAD A GREAT SCiENCE PROGAM WiTH MUSiC AND EXPERiMENTS. iT WAS A GREAT EXPERiENCE AND ANY CHiLD SHOULD ATTEND BECAUSE i ENJOYED iT!



THE QUESTiONS;;

1) WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GENERAL WHO STATED, " NO BLACKS WOULD EVER PILOT A PLANE IN THE UPCOMING WAR?"--GENERAL H.H ARNOLD

2) WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN OFF THE 99TH PURSUiT SQUADRON?-- BENJAMiN ODAViS JR.

3)WHiCH WAR DiD THEY SERVE?-- WORLD WAR II

4) WHO CREATED THE TUSKEGEE iNSTiTUTE?--BOOKER T. WASHiNGTON.