Gen. Charles Brown, the new Air Force Chief of Staff, makes history as the first African American to head one of the military services.

The Air Force could be led by an African-American general officer for the first time in the service’s history now that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. has been nominated to be the next Air Force chief ...

Washington — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed General Charles Brown to serve as the Air Force chief of staff, making him the first African American to lead a military service branch.

The Air Force inspector general’s review was announced on the same day the Senate confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown as the Air Force’s first African-American chief of staff.

Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown was sworn in as the Air Force chief of staff Thursday, making history as the first African American general to lead a branch of the U.S. military. The oath was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling him to “aim high” and predicted that his ...

Lloyd W. "Fig" Newton, a decorated Air Force pilot, was only the seventh African American four-star general in the nation's history. The Trump administration's campaign against diversity programs ...

Claiborne became the first African American woman to fly with the Air Force back in 1982. In 1990, she became employed at United Airlines, where she later became a captain.

MacDill officials confirmed the location of an African American cemetery, Port Tampa Cemetery, on MacDill Air Force Base Thursday afternoon.

Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown has taken the reins of the Air Force, officially becoming the first African American general to lead a branch of the U.S. military. Brown was officially sworn in as ...

The American military services were not desegregated until after President Harry Truman 's order in 1948. Three decades later, the first African American Marine was promoted to one-star general ...

WASHINGTON – The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling him to “aim high” and predicted that his ...