From September 30, 2008 Air Force Link.
September 25-28, the final reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots was held. The youngest member is now 83.
To commemorate, they took one last flight on a C-130 Hercules flown by an all-female crew.
These women of the WASPs broke many gender barriers after being formed September 1942 to fill the need for stateside military aviation duties including ferrying aircraft to places and towing target for anti-aircraft training.
More than 25,000 women applied and 1,830 were selected with 1,078 completing the program.
Sadly, at the end of World War II, they were discharged without official recognition or benefits, a situation that is being changed.
The Greatest Generation. --DaCoot
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