T.J. Spann, Tidewater Chapter-Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated president, and Grant Williams Sr, Tidewater Chapter-Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated speakers bureau chairman, help U.S. Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command, put on his red jacket during the Honorary Tuskegee Airmen event at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 8, 2011. The jacket is a historical nod to the Red Tail P-51 flown by the Tuskegee Airmen, who were supported by nearly 19,000 Tuskegee Airmen ground-support forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Racheal Watson/Released)

T.J. Spann, Tidewater Chapter- Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated president, welcomes U.S. Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command, as an honorary Tuskegee Airmen at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 8, 2011. Fraser became the fifth honorary member in the Tidewater Tuskegee Airmen’s chapter in their 30-year history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Racheal Watson/Released)

U.S. Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command, expresses his gratitude to the Tidewater Chapter-Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated during the Honorary Tuskegee Airmen event at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 8, 2011. Fraser became an honorary member of the Tidewater chapter for multiple reasons, most notably for his efforts to erect a Tuskegee Airmen Memorial at Langley. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Racheal Watson/Released)