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  2. Wilma Vaught - Wikipedia

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    Wilma L. Vaught (born March 15, 1930) [1] is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general. She was the first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit, [ 2 ] and the first woman to reach the rank of brigadier general from the comptroller field.

  3. Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 ...

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    Dolores K. Smith (Cherokee) became the first Native American woman to graduate from the United States Air Force Academy. [86] Barbara Allen Rainey became the first U.S. female aviator to be killed during a routine flight in 1982. [68] The U.S. Air Force selects the first woman aviator for Test Pilot School. [1]

  4. Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the ...

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    Sterling silver medal of the same design as the Air Force Valor Award. Ribbon is light-blue silk with four yellow stripes and one red stripe in the center. Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Award. For clearly outstanding service supporting a command mission for at least one year for a single act that significantly contributed to command mission.

  5. List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients - Wikipedia

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    The Presidential Medal of Freedom is related to, but distinct from, the Medal of Freedom, an earlier award issued between 1945 and 1963 to honor US civilian contributions to World War II. In 2022 at the age of 25, athlete and activist Simone Biles became the youngest person to receive the award. [8]

  6. List of American women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Esther McGowin Blake was the first woman in the U.S. Air Force. She enlisted in the first minute of the first hour of the first day regular Air Force duty was authorized for women on July 8, 1948. [112] 1949 Georgia Neese Clark Gray was the first woman Treasurer of the United States; she served under President Harry Truman. [113] [4]

  7. 'Devastated': Communities mourn death of Air Force cadet, 19 ...

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    Authorities are investigating the death of a 19-year-old U.S. Air Force Academy cadet from Texas who was found unconscious in her dormitory Wednesday night. Avery Koonce, 19, was a "well-rounded ...

  8. Military Women's Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The stamp, to be released on October 17, featured five women representing the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy. [128] Vaught contacted Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank in 1991 and won his approval for a stamp. Vaught requested that the stamp feature profiles of five servicewomen rather than the memorial itself because the ...

  9. The RaDonda Vaught trial has ended. This timeline will help ...

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