The Air Force has restored the use of training material referring to the storied Tuskegee Airmen after a temporary delay

Race and sex will no longer be considered in military promotions and academy admissions as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to weed out diversity and equity-based programs across the U.S. military.

Newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Sunday in a social media post that the U.S. Air Force will continue teaching about the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

Britt’s office said “resistance style antics” to cast the history of the Tuskegee Airmen as DEI were intended to attack and undermine Trump’s executive order.

The removal of videos honoring Black and female WWII pilots sparked widespread outrage.The Air Force has since reversed its decision, dismissing the controversy as a "rumor."

US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash with Pete Hegseth saying it will not stand.

Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell had called for the Air Force to reverse the decision, posting on X, "The Airmen bravely fought and died for our freedoms before this nation even granted them the full benefits of citizenship. To strip them from the Air Force curriculum is an outrageous betrayal of our values as Americans."

The U.S. Air Force resumed a course using training material that referred to the Tuskegee Airmen after the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives

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

The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.