The head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the pioneering Black aviators would remain in the basic training curriculum.
The Air Force said Sunday that videos about the famed Tuskegee Airmen and a unit of pioneering female aviators would be restored to the basic training curriculum for new recruits beginning Monday. A course that included the videos was shut down last week so officials could review it to make sure it complied with President Trump 's executive order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, an Air Force official said.
videos “went into revision” last week, and that as a result, some recruits did not receive the instruction or see the videos. The lesson block was revised to remove DEI material, the general said. He did not describe the purged material. “No Airmen or Guardians will miss this block of instruction due to the revision,” Robinson said. He added, however, that “one group of trainees had the training delayed.” He did not say how many recruits missed the course and the videos.
members collectively logged more than 60 million miles in the air. Thirty-eight of the female pilots died while performing these duties. In 1977,
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