Article: 'TOP GUNS' RECEIVE AWARDS AT TUSKEGEE AIRMEN CONVENTION

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:

By Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle 459th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office

The National Tuskegee Airman Inc. president presented members of the historically-acclaimed 332nd Fighter Group awards during the 38th annual convention Aug. 6 through 9 here.

The honoring ceremony marked the 60th anniversary of the original "Top Guns" who claimed victory in the 1949 National Fighter Gunnery Competition at the then-Las Vegas Air Force Base, Nev., now Nellis Air Force Base.

Retired Lt. Col. James Harvey III, a former P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, and retired Chief Master Sgt. Buford Johnson, a former crew chief held replicas of the ...

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