Some websites on retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, and the World War II-era ...

In February 1943, the plane was based in Sweetwater, Texas until the end of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. These were the women who served our country during World War II as ...

"She Flies With Her Own Wings: Oregon's Golden Age of Aviation" is an exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society. Photo: Ann ...

These women were the first female pilots to operate U.S. military aircraft and overcame many adversities in the ...

The WASP Exhibit Renovation Ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honored the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), who served as the first female military pilots during WWII. The ...

Hellcat Pilots of VF-81 In 1944, Robert Turnell and Ray Owen flew Hellcats from the USS Wasp; last year at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, they had some catching up to do. This video ...

Ultimately the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD), and the elite Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) were amalgamated into what would in June 1943 become the Women’s Airforce Service ...

She was one of about 1,100 Americans to be part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Known as WASP, these women earned their wings by taking to the skies for non-combat military missions in World ...

Discover how Dr. Angie Griffin's groundbreaking research on resilience is empowering a new generation of female pilots to ...

The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — the female World War II pilots who were vital in ferrying ...