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  • Seymour Johnson Reserve philanthropist develops e-course to help others fly

    When she was a little girl, Capt. Kristin “Nikki” Bodie, a 916th Operations Group, 77th Air Refueling Squadron KC-46 pilot at Seymour Johnson, used to lay in the grass with her grandmother on their farm in rural Saluda, South Carolina, and watch the fighter jets from nearby Shaw Air Force Base and

  • US, Jordanian female aviators partner in excellence

    The U.S. Air Force and Royal Jordanian Air Force are partnering to celebrate women in aviation. This partnership, launched in September 2021 between the U.S. Air Force and RJAF, focuses on empowering women in aviation as a way to cultivate and strengthen relationships.

  • Women in Aviation: Gliders to fighters

    The young Minnesota girl held the flashlight in the cold hangar as her father tinkered with the aircraft handed down from her grandfather. For as long as Lt. Col. Bridgett “Atlas” Fitzsimmons, 334th Fighter Squadron director of operations, could remember, planes and runways have been embedded in her

  • Mission success for ‘unmanned’ KC-10 flight

    In recognition of Women’s Equality Day, which is observed on August 26, the commander of the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lindsey Bauer, conceived a plan to execute a completely ‘unmanned’ KC-10 mission. On August 1, 2021, the KC-10 Extender aircraft taking off