AFA to feature Tuskegee Red Tail pilot

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HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. --  The Air Force Association, Chapter 317, cordially invites everyone to their monthly general membership luncheon at the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, 1395 North Red Road, Miami, Fla., at noon on Oct. 9.

This month they are honored to have former "Red Tail" pilot retired Lt. Col. Leo Gray as their guest speaker.  Colonel Gray was born in Boston, Mass., and enrolled in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a private in 1942.  He graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field Flying School as a 2nd Lieutenant and flew 15 combat missions over Europe in P-51 Mustang's prior to war's end.

For more information, you can email the AFA at: afa317@gmail.com.