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Donald Norcross: “Today, there are only 47 African Americans who fly fixed wing in the Air Force. That is 1.5 percent.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2020
Today, there are only 47 African Americans who fly fixed wing in the Air Force. That is 1.5 percent.
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Donald Norcross
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Norcross highlights the low percentage of African American pilots in the Air Force.

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