By a unanimous vote, the Georgia Professional Standard Commission voted to remove the words "diverse" and "diversity" from the education preparation programs, replacing them instead with the word "different". The videos were shown to Air Force troops as part of DEI courses they took during basic military training.
The problem may not be with the historical videos themselves, but that they were used in Air Force basic military training DEI coursework. However, the lack of clearer guidance has sent the Air Force and other agencies scrambling to take the broadest approach to what content is removed to make sure they are in compliance.
In a statement, the Air Force confirmed the courses with those videos had been removed and said it "will fully execute and implement all directives outlined in the Executive Orders issued by the President, ensuring that they are carried out with utmost professionalism, efficiency and in alignment with national security objectives.
Known as the 99th pursuit squadron and pilot training school, it is the first school to train Black Students as officers in the US Air Corps. LtoR William H. Slade, John C. Anderson, Lemuel R. Custis, S. Pannell, F. Moore, G. Roberts, Charles D. Brown, Marion B.
They flew P Thunderbolt, P Mustang and other fighters to escort American bombers on dangerous missions over Germany. Before the fighter escorts began accompanying the slow and heavy U. President George W. Charles McGee flew in more than combat missions and served the three wars. He lives with one of his daughters outside of Washington D. McGee died in at age The WASPs contributed to World War II by learning to fly and ferry new bombers off the assembly lines to airfields where they were needed to ship off to war β freeing up male pilots to focus on combat missions overseas.
