DefenceTalkEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: A routine F-35 Lightning II flight test mission recently marked a significant event in Air Force history at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st Flight Test Squadron developmental test pilot, completed the first flight mission led by a female. “I may be the first female developmental test pilot […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-female-f-35-test-pilot-completes-flight-mission-72028/

DefenceTalkBefore there could be women flying combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, there were the pioneers of the Army Air Forces of World War II. On July 5, 1943, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, or WAFS, and the Women’s Flying Training Detachment merged into a single unit for all female pilots. The new group called […]https://www.defencetalk.com/wasps-first-women-in-history-to-fly-for-us-army-air-corps-67077/