Captain Theresa Claiborne, the first Black woman pilot in the U.S. Air Force and President of Sisters of the Skies, inspires young women with her story of determination and excellence. She emphasizes ...

Known as “Lefty,” Nancy Leftenant-Colon was one of six siblings who served in the military, including a brother who was a ...

Julie Ann Gibson graduated at RAF Finningley near Doncaster in July 1991 It is 30 years since the Royal Air Force marked a watershed moment with the graduation of its first ever female pilot.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon passed away at 104 after serving as the first Black woman in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its ...

She was the first ... Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS), the Air Force (USAF) and the Navy (USN). Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Let’s be clear: the Women Airforce Service ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when ... which was the military's first ...

Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s, died ...