Operation Allied Force

Historical marker location:

550 McDonald Street, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

( Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Avenue D and Libby Street.)

Marker installed: 1999

Kosovo Campaign. 24 Mar 1999 – 10 Jun 1999.

The city of Tuskegee, Alabama is the birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military pilots. During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were trained at the Tuskegee Institute and went on to fly over 1,500 missions in the war.