26K views · 456 reactions | Tomorrow we celebrate the life and legacy of General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., by officially naming our airfield in his honor — Davis Airfield We will be streaming the naming ceremony LIVE right here on our Facebook page at 9 AM (MST). | United States Air Force Academy | Facebook

148K views · 4.6K reactions | On this day in 1954, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. | We Are The Mighty | Facebook

Remarkable journey of Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first African American general in the US Air Force. Davis graduated from from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1936. By 1941, he was in the Army Air Corps and was in the first training class of the Tuskegee Airmen. He flew several combat missions in World War II and Korea, before retiring as a 3-star general in 1970. | Mike Guardia - Author