Rep. Shomari C. Figures Statement Regarding the Air Force's Removal of The Tuskegee Airmen From Training Videos
January 26, 2025
January 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Shomari C. Figures, D-Alabama, issued the following news release:
The Air Force removing the Tuskegee Airmen from training videos is pathetic, disgraceful, and disrespectful, not only to the brave fighter pilots who saved the Allied Forces in World War II, but to the City of Tuskegee and the entire State of Alabama. It is a slap in the face of the heroic Black men who risked and sacrificed their lives on the front lines in defense of a country that still . . .
The Air Force removing the Tuskegee Airmen from training videos is pathetic, disgraceful, and disrespectful, not only to the brave fighter pilots who saved the Allied Forces in World War II, but to the City of Tuskegee and the entire State of Alabama. It is a slap in the face of the heroic Black men who risked and sacrificed their lives on the front lines in defense of a country that still . . .