In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Samantha Weeks discusses the dream she had as a little girl to become a fighter pilot, what it took to get there, and how she is continuing to inspire others in her retirement.

Amid this daily spectacle, Meltem Ozdem, one of the few female pilots in a male-dominated field ... for 30 people surprises and makes them happy,” she said, adding that she also receives ...

“Female pilots today consider the WASP their heroes ... (Theirs wasn’t the only happy union made in the air. The WASP newsletter from March 1945 lists theirs as one of 17 marriages between ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Watching the first-ever all-female flyover before Sunday ... had one more shot to live her dream of becoming a pilot. She was finally accepted into the US Air Force ...

But male and female pilots have some relief arriving with a ... Poisson, the F-15 weapons system officer, is a happy early adopter of the AIRUS system. “Oh, I love it,” she said.

“When I was in kindergarten, there were no female pilots or astronauts at that time ... As a motivational speaker and camp director, Brenda is one happy camper. She invites kids to join her ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Police Officer Jillian Ludvick, who began learning to fly when she was just 13, has soared through barriers to become the NYPD’s first African-American female pilot.

Alexander Macdonald, then-commander of the North Dakota 119th Fighter Group, or Happy Hooligans ... and was the lone female Guard member chosen to go to pilot training school in January 1977.

"It's unfortunate for young women to see these unfounded perceptions," Captain Erin Jackson of the International Society of Women Airline Pilots told Newsweek. "Because many female pilots already ...