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david parry
28th Apr 2015, 10:16
When the Pentagon First Let Women Fly in Combat | From The Archives (http://aviationweek.com/blog/when-pentagon-first-let-women-fly-combat-1993?NL=AW-05&Issue=AW-05_20150428_AW-05_765&YM_RID='email'&YM_MID='mmid'&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_5)

Lonewolf_50
28th Apr 2015, 11:55
When the Pentagon First Let Women Fly in Combat | From The Archives (http://aviationweek.com/blog/when-pentagon-first-let-women-fly-combat-1993?NL=AW-05&Issue=AW-05_20150428_AW-05_765&YM_RID='email'&YM_MID='mmid'&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_5)
Check the comments at the link. There was a lady flying Chinooks in Desert Storm who paid the ultimate price. I'd call that flying in Combat, wouldn't you?
MAJ Mari Rossi-Crayton was KIA during Desert Storm while flying a CH-47 in combat Just because that insufferable :mad: McPeak spoke for the Air Force and its issues doesn't quite tell the hole story.