U.S. Air Force

December 7, 2020 | Brendan Hartlove

Celebration 101: Former Tuskegee Airman McGee Feted with Parade, Flyover

Brigadier General Charles McGee of the Tuskegee Airmen turns 101 on Monday. On Sunday, members of the community honored McGee with a celebratory parade. Cars decorated with signs drove by his home and honked their horns. The festivities continued with a military flyover using the aircraft that McGee flew in World War II. The Bethesda […]

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April 24, 2016 | Sonya Burke

Governor Orders Maryland Flag to Half Staff

UPDATED Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the State flag to be lowered to half staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, April 25th. This is in honor of Nathaniel Henry McDavitt, a United States Air Force airman from Maryland who died on April 15, 2016.

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November 5, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Retired Air Force General Wilma Vaught Remembers Service in Vietnam (VIDEO)

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Retired Air Force Brigadier General Wilma Vaught addresses the audience gathered for Montgomery County’s salute to its Vietnam veterans.

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October 9, 2015 | Staff Writer

Vaught To Speak at Montgomery County Vietnam Veterans Salute on Oct. 24th

Retired Air Force Brigadier General Wilma Vaught, who retired after 28 years in the U.S. Air Force as one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history and who was one of the few military women to serve in Vietnam who was not a nurse, will be among the featured speakers on Saturday, Oct. […]

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