#SCOTT100 | Belleville News-Democrat

RADIO SCHOOL GRADUATES: In January 1943, 330 black servicemen, assigned to the 46th Aviation Squadron, entered the Radio School, and in May 1943, they graduated, ready to help Tuskegee Airmen fly. These radio school graduates were a part of a bigger initiative of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command to supply black flying squadrons with sufficient support personnel, including supply, adjutant, intelligence, and statistical officers. — RADIO SCHOOL GRADUATES: In January 1943, 330 black servicemen, assigned to the 46th Aviation Squadron, entered the Radio School, and in May 1943, they graduated, ready to help Tuskegee Airmen fly. These radio school graduates were a part of a bigger initiative of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command to supply black flying squadrons with sufficient support personnel, including supply, adjutant, intelligence, and statistical officers. File photo

Above is a historical photo from Scott AFB in honor of the base celebrating its centennial.

This story was originally published October 19, 2017 at 1:24 PM with the headline "#SCOTT100."