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Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, the eldest of the surviving Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on January 16, 2022. His life of dedicated service included flying combat aircraft in three major wars—a feat that was unthinkable before his career began, when the US military banned African Americans from combat flying roles.

On a spring evening in 1933, Amelia Earhart took first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a joyride. 

In late 1959, the FAA released its “Age 60 Rule,” which essentially required mandatory retirement for airline pilots over age 60. As his 60th birthday rapidly approached, Captain Michael Gitt appealed with an age discrimination lawsuit against Eastern Airlines to help him overturn the age disqualification. Read about his attempt to leverage the new Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).

In our first Air & Space Quarterly (ASQ) cover story, we examine how the carrier revolution unfolded, where naval aviation is today, and what’s on the horizon.

Astronomers are deciphering the violent history of the Milky Way, one star at a time.

Remembering Dale Snodgrass, see the sun through a new lens, become a space scientist, and more!

A century ago, the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Langley—an ungainly new ship that would forever change military aviation.

Pulling back the curtain on artifacts in storage

Crop-dusting was an often hazardous occupation, until a maverick entrepreneur and pilot designed the right airplanes for the job. 

A former Blackbird pilot now volunteers at the National Air and Space Museum.