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OSHKOSH – Women in the Navy and Army weren’t allowed to train as pilots until the early 1970s. Even then, they were limited because of laws and policies that prevented them from flying in combat.
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots [2] or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots [3]) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became trained pilots who tested aircraft, ferried aircraft and trained other pilots.
Amen Aamir, first women from Gilgit-Baltistan to qualify as a pilot and is alive today; Aida de Acosta (1884–1962), first woman to fly a powered aircraft alone [1]; Margaret Adams, Australian aviator; first president of the Australian Women's Flying Club, in 1938
In March 2016, Ash Carter approved final plans from military service branches and the U.S. Special Operations Command to open all combat jobs to women, and authorized the military to begin integrating female combat soldiers "right away." [50] In 2020, Emily Thompson became the first woman to fly the F-35A Lightning II in combat. [51]
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Merryl Tengesdal (born 1971) [1] is an American retired career military officer who is the first and only Black woman [2] [3] to fly the United States Air Force's U-2 spy plane used for specialized high-altitude reconnaissance missions. [2] She is one of five women and only the fourth Black person (in 2004) to be in the U-2 program. [4]
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In France, Suzanne Melk, was the first known women in her country to fly and the first women in Europe to receive a pilot's license in 1935. [110] Sarla Thakral was first Indian woman to fly, earning her aviation pilot license in 1936 in a Gypsy Moth solo. She later completed over 1000 hours of flight time. [111] [112]