We lost another legend.
What We Know:
- Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friend served in the US Air Force for 28 years. He was one of the last surviving members of the famous Tuskegee Airmen.
- The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black pilots who had to fight racial prejudice within the military in addition to foreign enemies abroad.
- He trained at the prestigious Alabama Tuskegee Institute and fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
- Friend’s daughter told KCBS he died from sepsis in a hospital in California.
Friend’s memorial service will be on the weekend of July 4. He will receive full military honors.
