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 ...

The first women in history to fly America’s military aircraft, WASP were stationed at 120 Army Air Bases and Army Air Fields all over the nation after their seven-month training regimens. The female ...

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

Since President Donald Trump nominated a former “Fox & Friends” television host to be defense secretary, the issue of women’s roles in the U.S. military keeps popping up in headlines. During his ...

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 ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The National Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) WWII Museum, located in Sweetwater, commemorates the trailblazing women who broke barriers in a male-dominated field. Lisa Taylor, ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface to the NYU Classics Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Development of the Women Airforce ...

LOS ANGELES — For so many years, their service was largely forgotten. In the midst of World War II, with legions of male pilots overseas, the 1,102 young women constituting the Women Airforce Service ...

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 ...

"These pilots ferried aircraft, flew targets for ground artillery practice, tested airplanes and equipment, and many of them flew in combat. Topics covered include the training of female pilots, how ...

”Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II,” By Becky Aikman. Publisher: Bloomsbury. 368 pages. $31.99. Since President Donald Trump nominated a former “Fox & ...