First female Raptor pilot

Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:21 am

Capt. Jammie Jamieson was the first female fighter pilot to qualify in the F-22A Raptor. the nation's newest fighter jet The Air Force now has an estimated 14,000 pilots, including nearly 3,700 fighter pilots and of that, 70 are women

Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:08 pm

Here she is at the McChord show last summer sharing stories with a WASP.

Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:58 pm

Guess she wouldn't be impressed with my Dodge Neon :cry:

Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:22 pm

Can I get explanation of term WASP? I know for two definition, one is WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant and the another is heavy metal band WASP.

Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:29 pm

Women Airforce Service Pilots

Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:35 pm

What Liza said. Thanks.

Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:39 pm

Before the WASPs, there were the WAFS. I knew one of 'em for a few years, Nancy Batson (Crews). She died a few years ago. An absolute ball of fire of energy well into her 80s.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsh ... sp?id=1563

Wade

Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:20 pm

Call her what ever you want, I just wish I could call her Mrs. Chavez!

All kidding aside, Right On! :drink3:

Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:11 pm

Mgawa wrote:Can I get explanation of term WASP? I know for two definition, one is WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant and the another is heavy metal band WASP.

Wait a second, so the elderly lady in the photos is not the lead singer for Wasp?

:lol:

Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:39 am

I, personally, can't wait for the day that the "first female" anything is no longer noteworthy.

Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:40 am

[quote="jaybird"][quote="Mgawa"]Can I get explanation of term [b]WASP[/b]? I know for two definition, one is [b]W[/b]hite[b]A[/b]nglo[b]S[/b]axon[b]P[/b]rotestant and the another is heavy metal band WASP.[/quote]

Wait a second, so the elderly lady in the photos is not the lead singer for Wasp?

:lol: