My Mom was a WASP and later a WAC in WWII.
The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about , the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the military branch confirmed to Reuters Saturday.
Course instruction about the pilots, as well as video of the (WASPs) − a paramilitary aviation organization of female pilots employed to fly during World War II − was also pulled from basic training curriculum, .
The Tuskegee Airmen, an active fighter unit from 1940 to 1952, were the first soldiers who flew during World War II.
The group and destroyed more than 100 German aircraft.
The move came during President's first week and on the heels of him ordering theprograms.
The Black aviators included 450 pilots who trained at Moton Field in Alabama and their success led to desegregate the nation's armed forces in July 1948.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Air Force.
The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about , the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the military branch confirmed to Reuters Saturday.
Course instruction about the pilots, as well as video of the (WASPs) − a paramilitary aviation organization of female pilots employed to fly during World War II − was also pulled from basic training curriculum, .
The Tuskegee Airmen, an active fighter unit from 1940 to 1952, were the first soldiers who flew during World War II.
The group and destroyed more than 100 German aircraft.
The move came during President's first week and on the heels of him ordering theprograms.
The Black aviators included 450 pilots who trained at Moton Field in Alabama and their success led to desegregate the nation's armed forces in July 1948.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Air Force.