From Coal Miner's Son to Wing Commander, Airman Led Way for African Americans
February 28, 2018
February 28, 2018
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force (25th Air Force) issued the following news:
By Lori A. Bultman
Public Affairs
In August 1967, Harold Beatty joined the Air Force in Knoxville, Tennessee, and over the next 35 years he made his way from airman basic to colonel, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees along the way.
The son of a coal miner in the tiny town of Bonny Blue, in the far western part . . .
By Lori A. Bultman
Public Affairs
In August 1967, Harold Beatty joined the Air Force in Knoxville, Tennessee, and over the next 35 years he made his way from airman basic to colonel, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees along the way.
The son of a coal miner in the tiny town of Bonny Blue, in the far western part . . .