Students who are part of a summer enrichment program are getting hands-on experience with emerging technologies while also learning lessons about the past.

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Charles McGee, who flew fighter combat missions over three wars, has died.

It’s a statistic alarming to the founders of Red Tail and one they are hoping to change. Moore, now 23, became the first recipient of the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation in 2016. Now he is a Red Tail Foundation instructor passing on what he learned to other scholars. This is where the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation comes in, operating at Moton Field, scholars receive funding and mentorship. Lt. Col. Richard Peace, the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation board of directors co-chairman, said the nonprofit hopes to extend the program to other areas in the southeast.

Lumpkin, a Los Angeles native, died Dec. 26, according to a statement from Los Angeles City College, which he attended from 1938 to 1940. Theodore Lumpkin Jr. was just days short of his 101st birthday. Lumpkin, a Los Angeles native, died Dec. 26, according to a statement from Los Angeles City College, which he attended from 1938 to 1940. The Tuskegee Airmen escorted bombers in Europe. In 2007, the Tuskegee Airmen were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.