Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Way to go...

Dudettes! If you are like me, you tell your children they can do anything that they're willing to work for...which is true in most cases. Even more so, after this historic flight...


Captain Leigh Larkin, a 389th EFS weapons systems officer, said that this mission is just the start of equality in the military and praised the increasing amount of women in top jobs in the Air Force.

'The four women officers represents only a portion of the women who supported this mission making it the first all-female from tasking to completion combat sortie to date,' she said.

'I thought it was kind of cool and something that I have never seen before,' said Staff Sergeant Tamara Rhone, a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief.

'The women throughout time have paved the way for us today and they made it possible for us to be equal as well as respected as individuals.

'Females are a rare breed on the flight line. It is my hope that more females step up and join the maintenance career field.'


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