The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material was flagged for review following President Donald Trump's order to cancel all diversity efforts in the military.

Under President Trump's DEI crackdown, the Air Force removed Tuskegee Airmen history from training courses. The videos, once part of DEI lessons, were removed to comply with new executive orders. The Air Force confirmed it would implement all directives professionally,

The legacy of Black aviation is a point of pride in Gary, where the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen — trailblazing pilots who fought for America abroad and equality at home — are honored through tributes like a statue at the Gary Aquatorium and a bridge at Gary/Chicago International Airport.

The historic, all-Black unit included more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks from throughout the nation, including Louisiana.

The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War II pilots.

Bipartisan criticism and public outcry leads to the reinstatement of a video honoring the heroic Black pilots of World War

WASHINGTON, D.C. ( WALA) - U.S. Representative Shomari Figures of Alabama has issued a statement calling for the U.S. Air Force to reinstate a Tuskegee Airmen history video recently removed from the military instruction curriculum. Here is his statement:

WASHINGTON — The Air Force has removed ... to fly military aircraft in the United States and Canada. Credit: AP/Ronald W. Erdrich The stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASPs “are an ...

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 announcement affects 11 annual diversity celebrations including Juneteenth in June and Holocaust Days of Remembrance in April.

To hear that their heroic acts were almost erased from history by the branch of the U.S. Armed Forces they helped, is a slap in the face of Black America, says Bea Hines.