The decision has sparked backlash from advocacy groups, particularly Tuskegee Airmen Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the unit's legacy.
WASPS were female pilots trained in Sweetwater during World War II to fly military aircraft in the United States and Canada. Credit: AP/Ronald W. Erdrich The Air Force, like other branches ...
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corps began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.
The US Air Force will continue to teach about its first ... the airmen flew hundreds of dangerous missions during World War II. Over the weekend, a US military official said "immediate steps ...
The uproar over the U.S. Air Force’s removal of a video of Tuskegee Airmen from its curriculum in response to a DEI ban has reached the highest levels of government, causing them to make an ...
During the first week of training called Zero Week, Air Force basic military training introduces trainees to "Airmindedness," a fundamental lesson ...
The 332nd Fighter Group was the only Black fighter unit in World War II ... to train new Army Air Force pilots. The women in WASP also ferried aircraft inside the United States, the idea being ...
The U.S. Air Force ... Air Force Service Pilots has been removed from Basic Military Training.” “The historic legacy and decorated valor these Airmen embodied during World War II and beyond ...