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For July, 2019.ARPS – early astronaut training
Sunday, July 14th, 2019Tags: 1961, A, Aerospace Research pilot school, Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff, ARPS, Astronaut, astronaut training, black, black pilot. African American, Bobby Kennedy, Chief of Staff, civil rights, Col Yeager, Colonel Chuck Yeager, Deputy Chief of Staff, Ed Dwight, Eddie Lavelle, Edwards AFB, Emmett Hatch, General Chuck Yeager, General Curtis LeMay, General LeMay, hillbilly, Jack Ridley, John F. Kennedy, LeMay, prejudice, President Kennedy, redneck, Robert F. Kennedy, space, Test pilot school, White House, Yeager
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In His Own Words: Emmett Hatch, black pilot, in Chuck Yeager’s Squadron 1950’s
Friday, July 12th, 2019Tags: Air Force, black, black pilot. African American, Chuck Yeager, Emmett Hatch, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, Germany, gunnery, gunnery meet, Squadron, squadron commander, Tripoli, West Virginia, Wheelus, Yeager
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