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Tag: Girls Fly too

Girl’s day out: My thoughts during an all-female C-17 flight
April 2, 2019 — On March 30th, I was fortunate enough to take part in the Women’s History Month incentive flight hosted by the 437th Airlift Wing. As a Public Affairs Officer we try to stay in the background and let others do the talking, but this experience could not be summed up in a caption and a hashtag. As I was contemplating the social media captions for photos and videos that I was going to publish later that day, I realized the overwhelming amount of feelings that I had about what I was witnessing... MORE

Several all-female air crews take a moment to pose as a team on the flightline March 31, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., before departing for an incentive flight celebrating the end of Women's History Month.