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Colonel McGee gets honorary promotion to Brigadier General

CONTACT:  Rick Sinkfield National Public Relations Officer   Tuskegee, AL, December 19, 2019.  The President signed H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which approves the honorary promotion of Documented Original Tuskegee Airman, United States Air Force Colonel (retired) Charles E. McGee, to Brigadier General.  The bill also grants the last

Brigadier General McGee joins the Lonely Eagle Chapter

Previous Next Charles E. McGee died peacefully in his sleep January 16, 2022 at his Bethesda, Maryland home at the age of 102 years old. “He had his right hand over his heart and was smiling serenely” according to his youngest daughter Yvonne McGee. “He was a wonderful human being … I feel proud and