OBAP HALL OF FAME AND PIONEERS IN AVIATION
Each year, at OBAP’s Annual Convention and Career Exposition, the organization inducts honorable aerospace professionals into the OBAP Hall of Fame. Established in 2008, the traveling exhibition serves as a testament to the impact these individuals continue to have on the aviation industry, the African American community and our entire country.
These notable individuals are honored for their unwavering commitment to their careers, notwithstanding trials and many triumphs.
To nominate an accomplished pioneer in aviation for the OBAP Hall of Fame, please review the guidelines and email completed submissions to pioneersaward@obap.org.

OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees
Captain Robert Brown Captain Theresa M. Claiborne Daniel E. Coons Ph.D. Edward Joseph Dwight Dr. Aprille Joy Ericsson Captain Aaron J. Gould Lieutenant Colonel Edgar V. Lewis Captain Lawrence Anthony Parker, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel Luke J. Weathers, Jr.
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2016 Inductees
Captain Raymond Dothard Captain Simon Patrick Gaskill Captain Oscar Perry Captain William C. Rand Captain J. Georges Sulmers Benjamin Franklin Thomas
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2015 Inductees
Sheila L. Chamberlain Lieutenant General Russell “Russ” Davis, (ret.) Major General Stayce Harris Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson, (ret.) Lieutenant Colonel Tony Marshall, (ret.)
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2014 Inductees
Captain Clovis Jones Mamie Mallory Captain Roscoe Edwards Captain Anthony Copeland-Parker Brigadier General Leon Johnson
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees
Captain Calvin Janes (ret.) Captain Donnie Cochran (ret.) Julius Alexander
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees
Captain Edward Horne Captain Leslie Morris (ret.) Captain/DOTA Robert Ashby (ret.) Eleanor Williams Captain Cecil Ewell (ret.)
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees
Lieutenant Colonel Edgar V. Lewis (ret.) Captain Robert Brown (ret.) Captain Aaron J. Gould (ret.) Captain Larry Parker Dr. Daniel Coons
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2010 Inductees
Captain Carroll Waters Al Joseph James Perkins Captain Chuck Rich Captain Lou Freeman Captain Mike Swanigan
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2009 Inductees
Louise Greenwood Phipps Pat Edmidston Banks Barbara Stewart Diane Hunter Earnie Growe
OBAP Founders and Pioneers Hall of Fame 2008 Inductees
Alexander Lambert August Martin Barry Taylor Benjamin F. Thomas Bennie Clay Bessie Coleman Charles E. Black Charles A. Davis Charles S. Mack David E. Harris Don E. Barton Edward Moon Frank B. Jones Frederick O. Boone George W. Nixon Harold C. Heard Jr. Herman O. Samuels Howard L. Baugh Jack Noel James A. Brannen James L. Davis Sr. James Edwards James H. Green James E. Lee III Jill Brown Jim E. Betts John Gordon Joseph B. Moore Louis Freeman Marlon Green Oscar Perry Patricia Edmiston Banks Perry Young Pickney Mosely Jr. Ray and Patrice Washington R. Ricardo Youngblood Richard E. Roundtree Robert Asby Robert E. Smith Ruth Carol Taylor Sidney L. Clark Jr. Simon P. Gaskill Solomon Cates Stanley M. Brown The Tuskegee Airmen Vernice Armour Willia R. Norwood William Brown William C. Rand Willis N. Brown Jr.
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