Davis, Benjamin O(liver), Jr.
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born Dec. 18, 1912, Washington, D.C., U.S.
died July 4, 2002, Washington, D.C.
U.S. pilot and administrator, the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force.
He graduated from West Point and in 1941 was admitted to the Army Air Corps. He organized the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first all-black air unit, and in 1943 he organized and commanded the
Tuskegee Airmen. He flew 60 combat missions. In 1948 Davis helped plan the desegregation of the Air Force, and he later commanded a fighter wing in the Korean War. After retiring as lieutenant general in 1970, he was named director of civil aviation security in the U.S. Department of Transportation (1971–75). In 1998 he was awarded his fourth general's star, attaining the highest order in the U.S. military.
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