In 1948, racial segregation ended and in 1949 Lackland began the integration of African American Airmen into the same units as Caucasians. The Indoctrination Division began assigning recruits to squadrons and flights by sex and time of arrival only, thus ending racial segregation in the Air Force basic training program. Despite predictions of dire trouble, this change proceeded with relatively few issues.
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