Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned ...

She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...

Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group also known as ... the tears to my eyes is that they were both female,” Stewart said.