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Friday, September 06, 2013

All-Female Crew Makes Historic Flight

All-Female CrewSeveral members of the 552nd Air Control Wing and 513th Air Control Group made history recently by fielding an all-female flight crew.

The crew, comprised every operational flying squadron within the wing, took to the air on Aug. 23, in what is believed to be the first sortie flown by an all-female crew from the wing.

Every crew position on the flight was filled by 19 female Airmen. Four men were added at the last minute because there was still room on the jet and an opportunity for valuable training.

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