They served as nurses dating back to World War I, but with some limited exceptions, women could not serve in other capacities unti ...

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

Kim Link, right, of the 336 Air Refueling Squadron, listens as Kathryn Gunderson tells stories about her time in the Women Airforce Service Pilots program at a welcoming reception for the WASP pilots.

Air Force Times identified at least a dozen pages on the WWII-era Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot ...

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 ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force recently finished renovations on its exhibit that showcases the history of the ...

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 ...