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During World War II, there became a shortage of pilots in the United States. The Women’s Auxiliary Service Pilots (WASP) program was organized in 1942, allowing women to train to be pilots in support positions in North Carolina. Though they never saw combat, they helped in anti-aircraft training exercises that still proved dangerous, resulting in thirty-eight deaths.
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30373
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Colonel Jeannie Leavitt is the commander of the Fourth Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, and also the first active-duty female in the Air Force to assume command of a fighter wing. Leavitt explains how she developed a passion for flying and her career path to becoming a fighter pilot.
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6253
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Louise Thaden, 73, now lives in High Point. In the 1920s, she was a pioneer aviatrix, breaking international airplane records for altitude, speed, solo endurance, light plane speed, East-West speed, and 100-kilometer speed. She was the first woman to enter the Bendix Transcontinental race in 1936. She won first prize.
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