Tuskegee, Air Force

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 cut.
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 preserving the unit's legacy.
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 reinstates Tuskegee Airmen training videos
SAN ANTONIO — The United States Air Force is reinstating the Tuskegee Airmen videos in its basic training curriculum, according to a report by the San Antonio Express-News.
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 the basic training curriculum.
Montgomery mayor, Sen. Britt react to removal of Tuskegee Airmen from Air Force curriculum
Every year, the Montgomery Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. holds a forum to teach about the signs to look for and how to get help. Officials Air Force's removal of a part of their curriculum that discusses the Tuskegee Airmen in order to comply with an executive order.
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.
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.
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.
U.S Air Force removes course that included videos of Tuskegee Airmen, female WWII pilots
The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corp began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.
US Air Force says it will teach video on first Black 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 ...
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 ...
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Sergeant Mazie Warren, Tuskegee Airman
Sergeant Mazie Warren was born on March 5, 1919, in Huntsville, Texas. He grew up, received his education in Walker County ...