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Over the course of his 30-year career in the Air Force, Charles McGee fought in three wars and became the first Black man to command a stateside Air Force wing and a base in the integrated Air Force. McGee died Sunday at 102.

Pioneering Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

Over the course of his 30-year career in the Air Force, McGee fought in three wars and became the first Black man to command a stateside Air Force wing and a base in the integrated Air Force.

A North Korean missile takes flight in this image released Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

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