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Military service: Mary Ellen Smith’s key to professional growth

by Special to the AFRONovember 15, 2023November 19, 2023

By Helen Bezuneh, Special to the AFRO For Mary Ellen Smith, a 64-year-old from Las Vegas, Nev., joining the Air Force after high school was the option that she knew […]

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Tuskegee Airmen Museum and Center for Aviation Technology Training prepares Black youth for careers in aviation

by Megan Sayles AFRO Business WriterSeptember 22, 2023September 22, 2023

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com In 1941, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first all-Black flying crew in the U.S. military during World War II. Also known as the […]

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Military service: Mary Ellen Smith’s key to professional growth

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