US Air Force removes Tuskegee Airmen and Wasp training video during DEI review

In a recent major move, lessons learned about the plan Tuskegee Airmen and Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) has been removed from us Air Force Basic Training Course.

These lesson plans that highlighted the Tuskegee Airmen and the Wasp were part of the DE training integrated into Air Force basic training. The content aims to showcase the contributions of underrepresented groups throughout military history. However, from now on under an executive order Donald Trump It is targeting DEI initiatives in federal agencies, the curriculum is currently under review.

“Immediate steps were now taken to remove the curriculum to ensure compliance with the executive orders issued by the President. The historical videos were interwoven into US Air Force and Space Force curriculum and were certainly not the direct focus of the removal operations. Additional details on curriculum updates will be provided as they become available,” an Air Force official confirmed.

If you are unaware, Tuskegee Airmen was established in 1941 And there were a group of groundbreaking black pilots who were trained Tuskegee, Alabama When racial segregation within the US military was high. At that time, these pilots completed 1,578 combat missions during World War II and earned some of the highest honors Army Air Corps.

BREAKING: The US Air Force has reportedly removed a video about the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—Black pilots of WWII—from their basic training curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland following Trump’s executive order banning (DEI) With, in the federal government. pic.twitter.com/nhykwixrwq

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Similarly to the Tuskegee Airmen, the Wasps were a set of trailblazing female pilots who were a major part of World War II, with the ability to ferry warplanes, test planes, and train male pilots. Despite their contributions, the Wasps were not recognized as military veterans. 1977To make matters worse, it wasn’t until recently that women earned the right to be buried. Arlington National Cemetery.

Nonetheless, the executive order is one of several that were instituted by Trump since his recent inauguration. The order seeks to “root out” DEI programs and dismantle similar initiatives in federal agencies.