2025-01-27 13:53:25

US Air Force resumes teaching videos on first Black and female pilots after DEI review

Videos about Tuskegee Airmen and civilian female pilots were not shown in basic training in Texas pending a reviewUS politics live – latest updatesThe US air force on Sunday said it would resume instruction of trainees using a video about the first Black airmen in the nation’s military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, which has passed review to ensure compliance with the ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that Donald Trump imposed early in his second presidency.Trump, who retook office on 20 January, has prohibited DEI throughout the US government and military. Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, who was sworn in on Friday, has made eliminating DEI from the military a top priority. Continue reading...
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