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Tuskegee Airmen: Learn about America’s first black military pilots
Lucasfilm’s new #FlyLikethem initiative aims to educate a younger generation about the contributions of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.
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The US Air Force will no longer teach its recruits Tuskegee AirmenMore than 15,000 black pilots, mechanics and cooks served in segregated World War II forces, a military branch official confirmed to Reuters on Saturday.
Course instructions about pilots, as well as videos of Women Air Force Service Pilot (Wasp) – a paramilitary aviation organization of female pilots employed to fly during World War II – was also drawn from the basic training curriculum, The outlet reported,
The Tuskegee Airmen, an active fighter unit from 1940 to 1952, were the first soldiers to fly during World War II.
Group More than 15,000 sorties were flown and destroyed more than 100 German aircraft.
This step came during President Donald TrumpTo order the first week and on its heels Stopping Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives (DEI) Program.
The Black Aviators included 450 pilots who trained at Moton Field in Alabama and led their success President Harry Truman to sign an executive order To separate the country’s armed forces in July 1948.
USA TODAY reaches out to the Air Force.
Who were the women Air Force service pilots?
According to the Air Force Historical Support Division, wasp flew to 126 locations across the countryWhere he also made targets for gunnery training and served as an instructor for the Eastern Flying Training Command.
Of those, 38 died in the line of duty, 11 in training and 27 during missions, according to the division.
Contributing: Reuters and Tom Vanden Brooks
Natalie Nessa Aland is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her x @nataliealund.
