Ninety-two-year-old Col. Charles McGee poses at Oshkosh next to a P-51C "Red Tail" Mustang similar to the one he flew as one of the fabled Tuskegee Airmen in WWII. The Army Air Corps 332nd Fighter Group, composed entirely of African-American pilots, painted the tails of all their aircraft red. During the war they flew cover for lumbering B-17 bombers, inflicting heavy losses on the Germans.
This 1944 P-51C is one of only four left in existence; it was used as a training craft at several U.S. bases and did not see combat. The Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing restored the P-51C and painted it to look like the famous Red Tail to commemorate the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen.