The commander of the Tuskegee 's European and Mediterranean operations was Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and later the first black Air Force general .
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. is the first black officer to graduate from West Point in the 20th century .
The commander of the Tuskegee 's European and Mediterranean operations was Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. , the first black officer to graduate from West Point in the 20th century , and later the first black Air Force general .