Correspondent photo / Sean Barron Marilyn Mong of Leetonia holds a photograph of four Women Airforce Service Pilots before a lecture she gave Saturday in the old St. James Episcopal Church in Boardman ...

It was a revelation to learn earlier this summer that women were allowed to fly in combat during World War II. Not American women mind you. (There were laws against that.) They were Russian women, and ...

WASP pilot Gertrude Tomkins Silver crashed off Calif. coast in 1944. Oct. 8, 2009 — -- The fog rolled in from Santa Monica Bay just after noon on Oct. 26, 1944, just three hours before Gertrude ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The National Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) WWII Museum, located in Sweetwater, commemorates the trailblazing women who broke barriers in a male-dominated field. Lisa Taylor, ...

Since President Donald Trump nominated a former “Fox & Friends” television host to be defense secretary, the issue of women’s roles in the U.S. military keeps popping up in headlines. During his ...

Women in aviation have long had to fight for space in the cockpit, beginning with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II. They proved their skill and courage even as they were ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface to the NYU Classics Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Development of the Women Airforce ...

On solid ground -- Ready to fly -- Blond bombshell -- Fighting for the right to fly -- Up in the air -- Bucket of bolts and the hood -- Crossing the country -- Silver wings and Santiago blue -- ...

The Wood County Museum will welcome Wendy Zielen, a volunteer from the Michigan Flight Museum, to be the speaker for the upcoming “Tea & Talk” series on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m., at the Wood ...

”Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II,” By Becky Aikman. Publisher: Bloomsbury. 368 pages. $31.99. Since President Donald Trump nominated a former “Fox & ...