US Air Force Cuts Training Course on Tuskegee and Female WWII Pilots
The decision has sparked backlash from advocacy groups, particularly Tuskegee Airmen Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the unit's legacy.
US Air Force to resume teaching video on Black, female pilots after DEI review
The U.S. Air Force on Sunday said it will resume instruction of trainees using a video about the first Black airmen in the U.S. military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, which has passed review to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump's ban on diversity,
Tuskegee Airmen videos removed from Air Force training under Trump DEI rollback
The Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of Black Tuskegee Airmen and female World War II pilots to comply with Trump’s DEI ban.
More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen, female WWII pilots
The videos were shown to Air Force troops as part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) courses they took during basic military training.
Trump's DEI order strips Air Force curriculum of 1st Black pilots, female WWII pilots
Trump's executive order halting DEI means the Air Force no longer teaches recruits about WWII's Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Air Force pulls class with Tuskegee Airmen video after DEI order
The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs.
US Air Force removes lessons on black WWII pilots from training
Donald Trump's move to block diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has led to the US Air Force removing material on the role of black and female pilots during World War Two from its training programmes.
U.S Air Force removes course that included videos of Tuskegee Airmen, female WWII pilots
The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corp began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.
Obeying Trump DEI order, Air Force will stop teaching recruits about Tuskegee Airmen
A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.
Sewell calls on Air Force to reinstate Tuskegee Airmen video: ‘not DEI,’ but history
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell says removing the video is a "betrayal of our values as Americans" and wants the decision reversed.
Trump's Anti-DEI Order Yanks Air Force Video on First Black Pilots
U.S. President Donald Trump's order halting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has led the Air Force to suspend course instruction on a documentary about the first Black airmen in the U.S. military,
Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order
Black and all-women flyers were cut from Air Force basic training after a Trump order ending diversity training.
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Transfer of Air Force personnel to infantry continues despite scandal
The Ukrainian military command's plan to throw high-skilled Air Force personnel into the infantry was said to be halted when ...