President’s Trump's push to eliminate DEI from Federal agencies through Executive Orders almost took out the story of an unlikely casualty: The Tuskegee Airmen.
The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material was flagged for review following President Donald Trump's order to cancel all diversity efforts in the military.
The Air Force has decided to resume using training videos featuring the Tuskegee Airmen following a diversity, equity, and inclusion review
Black and all-women flyers were cut from Air Force basic training after a Trump order ending diversity training.
SAN ANTONIO — The United States Air Force is reinstating the Tuskegee Airmen videos in its basic training curriculum, according to a report by the San Antonio Express-News.
The legacy of Black aviation is a point of pride in Gary, where the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen — trailblazing pilots who fought for America abroad and equality at home — are honored through tributes like a statue at the Gary Aquatorium and a bridge at Gary/Chicago International Airport.
Under President Trump's DEI crackdown, the Air Force removed Tuskegee Airmen history from training courses. The videos, once part of DEI lessons, were removed to comply with new executive orders. The Air Force confirmed it would implement all directives professionally,
State, local, and federal officials from Alabama are responding to an executive order from President Donald Trump on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.The order puts a stop to DEI programs and initiatives in government organizations,
The historic, all-Black unit included more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks from throughout the nation, including Louisiana.
The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War II pilots.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force restored the use of training material referring to the storied Tuskegee Airmen after a temporary delay to edit its courses to meet the Trump administration’s ...
WASHINGTON — The Air Force has removed ... to fly military aircraft in the United States and Canada. Credit: AP/Ronald W. Erdrich The stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASPs “are an ...