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Pete Hegseth Says Air Force Restoring Tuskegee Airmen Videos Amid Backlash
WATCH: Air Force training video on Tuskegee Airmen still shelved, despite Hegseth pledge
Over the weekend, the Air Force responded to a political uproar over the removal of instructional videos on World War II-era African American and female pilots by declaring that the two films had been restored to the service's basic training curriculum.
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Hegseth, Britt accuse Air Force of 'malicious' pause as it reinstates training on Tuskegee Airmen
Race and sex will no longer be considered in military promotions and academy admissions as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to weed out diversity and equity-based programs across the U.S. military.
The Air Force has restored the use of training material referring to the storied Tuskegee Airmen after a temporary delay
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Britt’s office said “resistance style antics” to cast the history of the Tuskegee Airmen as DEI were intended to attack and undermine Trump’s executive order.
Newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Sunday in a social media post that the U.S. Air Force will continue teaching about the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
The removal of videos honoring Black and female WWII pilots sparked widespread outrage.The Air Force has since reversed its decision, dismissing the controversy as a "rumor."
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US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash with Pete Hegseth saying it will not stand.
The U.S. Air Force resumed a course using training material that referred to the Tuskegee Airmen after the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
An instructional film that depicts the World War II Black aviators as proof that diversity strengthens the military is not back in classroom use.
The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage
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The announcement affects 11 annual diversity celebrations including Juneteenth in June and Holocaust Days of Remembrance in April.
The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to
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