100-year-old Tuskegee airman from Bethesda returns to the sky for his birthday Dec 9, 2019 1:45 pm by Kristi KingIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images WTOP (Dec. 6) - Drafted when he was a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Charles E. McGee is one of nine living Tuskegee pilots who flew combat missions. Share on Facebook Tweet Email