From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Born in Washington, D.C., Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was the first African American to command an airbase, Godman Field, KY, in 1945-46. He was also the first African American Brigadier General in the Air Force, obtaining the rank of a three-star general before retiring in 1970. His father was the first African American General in the Army.

For more see Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American: an Autobiography, by B. O. Davis.