Jan 25, 2025 · 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.

4 days ago · The service removed training videos of the Tuskegee Airmen along with ones showing the World War II contributions of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, at its basic training base in San Antonio, where airmen have passed through for generations.

Jan 27, 2025 · President Trump’s push to eliminate DEI from federal agencies through executive orders claimed an unlikely casualty: The Tuskegee Airmen.

Jan 29, 2025 · President Donald Trump's executive order dismantles DEI programs on a federal level, but efforts continue from Montgomery to Tuskegee.

Jan 27, 2025 · The U.S. Air Force said it will resume instruction of trainees using a video about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black airmen in the U.S. military, after it passed review to ensure compliance ...

Jan 26, 2025 · 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.

Jan 27, 2025 · More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots By Tara Copp/AP The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee ...

Jan 25, 2025 · The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corps began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.

Jan 26, 2025 · The videos were shown to Air Force troops as part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) courses they took during basic military training.

Jan 25, 2025 · The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs.