The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force have reinstated mandatory influenza vaccinations for new recruits, reversing a policy change implemented earlier this year by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after military health officials linked the absence of flu immunization requirements to outbreaks at several training facilities.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Air Force is reinstating a basic training class Monday that was suspended last week for revisions, with its materials on World War II-era Black and female pilots intact but diversity ...

After provoking an uproar by shutting down a course that included instruction on the famed Tuskegee Airmen and a unit of pioneering female aviators, the Air Force said the subject matter would be restored immediately to its basic training curriculum.

The problem may not be with the historical videos themselves, but that they were used in Air Force basic military training DEI coursework. FILE - The Tuskegee Airmen Way street sign is briefly displayed in front of a 1943 North American T6 Texan aircraft ...