I think this is great news. Congratulations, Wg Cdr Thomas.
Back in my UAS days, I can remember seeing a recruiting ad for Air Trafficers, showing smiling male and female officers and the salary range, with a footnote along the lines of "of course, women's pay is slightly less". How times of changed.
A question. Why do they make female officers wear that stupid hat? Why haven't they adopted the male officer's hat?