The Air Force has restored the use of training material referring to the storied Tuskegee Airmen after a temporary delay
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.
Race and sex will no longer be considered in military promotions and academy admissions as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to weed out diversity and equity-based programs across the U.S. military.
Britt’s office said “resistance style antics” to cast the history of the Tuskegee Airmen as DEI were intended to attack and undermine Trump’s executive order.
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 removal of videos honoring Black and female WWII pilots sparked widespread outrage.The Air Force has since reversed its decision, dismissing the controversy as a "rumor."
US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash with Pete Hegseth saying it will not stand.
The US Air Force confirmed the removal of a DEI course that featured videos of the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
WASHINGTON, DC – Air Force videos containing diverse Airmen and Airwomen/WASPs (Female World War II pilots) have been removed from Air Force training courses, according to an article by the Associated Press earlier in January.
Hegseth said in a post on X on Sunday that any move to cut the Tuskegee Airmen content was “immediately reversed.” But the swirl of confusion reflects an ongoing struggle as leaders across the ...
The announcement affects 11 annual diversity celebrations including Juneteenth in June and Holocaust Days of Remembrance in April.