U.S. Representative Terri Sewell has criticized the U.S. Air Force for removing a video on the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of pioneering Black military pilots, from its basic military training curriculum. Sewell argues that the removal is an 'outrageous betrayal' of American values and that the Tuskegee Airmen's heroism is an integral part of American history. The video's removal follows President Trump's executive order aimed at dismantling federal DEI programs.
The Tuskegee Airmen Way street sign is briefly displayed in front of a 1943 North American T6 Texan aircraft used to train pilots during WWII, at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base, in Harrison Township, Mich., Feb. 27, 2018. The street-renaming event honored the heritage of the Tuskegee Airmen at Selfridge. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell is calling on the U.S.
The video, which describes the exploits of the groundbreaking Black airmen trained in Tuskegee during World War II, was part of a DEI-related course taken during basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, a hub of Air Force training.
Tuskegee Airmen, known as the “Red Tails,” were the nation’s first Black military pilots who served in a segregated World War II unit. Their all-Black 332nd Fighter Group had one of the lowest loss records of all the bomber escorts in the war. Major James A. Ellison, left, returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he inspects the cadets at the Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets in this Jan. 23, 1942 file photo at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. Sixty-two years ago, John Allen, Robert Lawrence and James Williams were fighting two battles: one against Nazi Germany, another against racism in the military. President George W.
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