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JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE, DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND VETERANS NEWS
JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE, DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND VETERANS NEWS

JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE, DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND VETERANS NEWS
JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE,
DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND
VETERANS NEWS

Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
February 25,2022

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Celebrating Women in aerospaCe and the military

A look back to

continue

flying forward

On March 16, 1987, President Ronald Reagan
signed a proclamation dedicating March as
Women’s History Month: a time to reflect and
honor women’s contributions in American his-
tory, including in aerospace and the U.S. military.

RIGHT: Elizabeth L. Rem-
ba Gardner of Rockford,
Illinois, WASP (Women’s
Airforce Service Pilots),
Class: 43-W-6, takes a look
around before sending
her plane streaking down
the runway at the Harlin-
gen Army Airfield, Texas.
Women service pilots of-
ten moved aircraft on the
home front, to free up
more male pilots for com-
bat duty.

LEFT: Staff Sgt. Esther
McGowin Blake poses for
an official portrait. Blake
became the first woman
to join the active-duty Air
U.S. Air Force courtesy photo Force in July 1948. U.S. Air Force courtesy photo