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For 35 years, they were a hidden footnote in World War II history, when they should have been in a Memorial Day parade. The wartime files of the Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASPs — and the 38 ...

WASHINGTON (March 16, 2016) — Before there could be women flying combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, there were the pioneers of the Army Air Forces of World War II. On July 5, 1943, the Women's ...

The Tologs of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy welcomed a graduate of 1937 onto their campus on Wednesday, when Beverly Beesemyer arrived to speak. As a former WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) who ...

View of eight of the ten WASPs (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) stationed at Enid Army Air Base as they look over flight plans on the tarmac, Enid, Oklahoma, November 29, 1944. Pictured are, from ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater WASP Museum is holding its annual homecoming to honor the female pilots that flew in World War II. The WASP (Women’s Air Force Service Pilots) were a group of ...

In a Jan. 22, 1944 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, members of the U.S. Army's Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) program walk on the flight line at Laredo Army Air Field, Texas. WASPS were ...

During the height of World War II women pilots ferried aircraft all across the world in support of the war effort. This weekend at the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center tribute is being paid ...

Back in 1944, Nell Bright was trying to land a B-25 bomber. A member of the WASPs — Women Airforce Service Pilots — the Salt Lake City woman had flown the aircraft cross country to California. “We ...

Aeronautics curator Dorothy Cochrane explores the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and their fight for recognition for their contributions to World War II. Dorothy Cochrane Three ...

If you happen to be in the Palm City area around 11 a.m. Sunday, look up. You may see 21 airplanes — many of them piloted by women pilots — executing a "flyover," flying in unison over a nearby ...

Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A19521: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) ferry pilot in the cockpit of a Bell P-63A Kingcobra; circa 1944. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information.