ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Looking back in history to World War II, the Women Airforce Service Pilots were superheroes of aviation. They were the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft, and most ...

From her pilot's seat, Betty Riddle looked to the west and saw them: the snow-capped mountains of Colorado. It was a stirring moment for the 20-year-old. Before joining the Women Airforce Service ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater WASP Museum is holding its annual homecoming to honor the female pilots that flew in World War II. The WASP (Women’s Air Force Service Pilots) were a group of ...

WASP pilot Gertrude Tomkins Silver crashed off Calif. coast in 1944. Oct. 8, 2009 — -- The fog rolled in from Santa Monica Bay just after noon on Oct. 26, 1944, just three hours before Gertrude ...

The WASPs were female pilots who served vital roles during World War II, such as ferrying aircraft and towing targets. SWEETWATER — Even Fifi flew in for the 20 th anniversary of the National WASP ...

Correspondent photo / Sean Barron Marilyn Mong of Leetonia holds a photograph of four Women Airforce Service Pilots before a lecture she gave Saturday in the old St. James Episcopal Church in Boardman ...

The first sentence in Elaine Harmon‘s hand-written detailed her desire that her ashes be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, alongside the men and women she served with during World War II. Harmon ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (WLS) -- Although Waukegan native Janice C. Christensen flew military aircraft during World War II, she was not recognized as a member of the military until Friday. At her grave ...

Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A19521: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) ferry pilot in the cockpit of a Bell P-63A Kingcobra; circa 1944. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information.

WASP were stationed at Waco Army Air Field from April 28 to Dec. 20, 1944. They flew BT-13s and AT-6s as engineering test pilots, administrative pilots, ferrying pilots and as instrument instructors.

Some Air Force webpages on pioneering female pilots — from World War II to the modern era — have been taken offline, as the Trump administration continues its drive to eliminate diversity-related ...

A R L I N G T O N, Va., June 21 -- June marks the observance of the 227th anniversary of the U.S. Army. And this year's commemoration brings long-overdue recognition for a special group of Army ...