Topic: Tuskegee Airmen

The Pentagon has ordered senior military leaders to pull and review library books from educational institutions that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues.

The U.S. Naval Academy removed 381 books from its library shelves in response to President Donald Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion materials and policies in federal facilities.

An article about baseball icon Jackie Robinson's military history was "mistakenly removed" from the Department of Defense website due to search terms used to scrub diversity, equity and inclusion terms, officials said.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last two remaining members of the 355 original Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, has died. He was 100.

Triple Crown contenders from 2020, 2021 and 2022 meet in Saturday's Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, on the same program as candidates for the 2023 Kentucky Derby, who run in the Remsen Stakes.

Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, a decorated Air Force pilot and one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the all Black squadron of World War II, has died. He was 102.

Gen. Charles Q. Brown was officially installed Thursday as the Air Force's 22nd Chief of Staff, becoming the first African American in history to lead a military service as its highest ranking officers.

The U.S. Air Force Academy named its airfield to honor Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, a trailblazer member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and the Air Force's first black general.

Local television anchor Nancy Parker has died in a crash of a stunt plane in New Orleans along with the pilot, Franklin J.P. Augustus, while covering a story on him.

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen -- the historic black fighter squadron during World War II -- has died in California, his family said. He was 99.