Air Force pulls class with Tuskegee Airmen video

Defense secretary orders immediate reversal of USAF’s removal of Tuskegee Airmen from curriculum
Newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Sunday in a social media post that the U.S. Air Force will continue teaching about the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
Tuskegee Airmen history removed from Air Force training
Just hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country, including in poor rural areas, are set to be impacted.
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.
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.
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.
Tuskegee Airmen Videos Shelved Over Trump’s DEI Order
In a move that has left many scratching their heads, the Air Force has shelved training courses featuring the legendary Tuskegee Airmen and the trailblazing Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). The reason?
Hegseth: Removal of Tuskegee Airmen video after DEI order ‘will not stand’
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday said the removal of Tuskegee Airmen videos and curriculum about the Tuskegee Airmen from its military instruction curriculum “has been immediately reversed.
Boot camp recruits will learn about Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force insists
Air Education and Training Command clarified changes to basic training after a course with lessons on the Tuskegee Airmen was ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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After uproar, Air Force says recruits will again be taught about Tuskegee Airmen
The head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the pioneering Black aviators would remain in ...
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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Lessons about Tuskegee Airmen, female flyers quickly return to Air Force basic training
Courses featuring videos about the pioneering Black combat pilots and female flyers who ferried warplanes during World War II ...
Air Force Pilot Vanished Over Vietnam During Mission in 1967, and Officials Say They Solved the Case
Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing disappeared during a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam, officials said ...