Lloyd "Fig" Newton was just the seventh African American to become a four-star general. He says Trump is trying to whitewash ...
A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.
In this 2020 video, Retired Col. Merryl Tengesdal, the first and only African American woman to fly the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, shares her journey from Navy pilot to Air Force pioneer. She ...
A basic training course that included a video about the famed World War II Black aviators was shut down last week in response to President Trump's DEI ban.
An instructional film that depicts the World War II Black aviators as proof that diversity strengthens the military is not back in classroom use.
In honor of Black History Month, the Perrin Air Force Base Museum combined three of it’s existing exhibits into one permanent display. “What we’re highlighting this month is the Tuskegee Airmen, which ...
The move is a complete reversal of the Air Force's decision to no longer teach the history of the first Black and women pilots of WWII ...
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is interwoven in state and U.S. history, but for a moment it was almost scrubbed by the Air ...
It’s disconcerting to see a general cry — especially one with four stars on his shoulders. But Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton — one of just seven African-Americans to wear four stars in U.S. military history — ...
President Trump celebrated and honored the Tuskegee Airmen during his first term, promoting legendary aviator Charles McGee to Brigadier General ... American history. I’m calling on the Air ...
Bowman, the son of one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, expressed relief that the curriculum was restored but criticized its ...