Isaiah Hand, a 20-year-old Aviation Science major at Tuskegee University, made history in August 2025 by earning his private pilot certificate at Moton Field — the first Tuskegee student in nearly 80 years to earn his wings under the relaunched four-year Aviation Science Degree Program. He follows the legacy of Tuskegee Airmen, who became the nation’s first Black military pilots in 1942.
The actual Tuskegee AAF is northwest of Moton, about 10 miles. Only one runway remains but from the air you can see the grid layout (streets etc) where buildings used to be. A shame the airfield hasn’t been preserved. I believe Moton was an outlying field for the bigger air base.