Jacqueline Cochran (11 May 1906 – 9 August 1980) was a pioneer American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots of her generation. Her contributions to the formation of the wartime Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and WASP (Womens Airforce Service Pilots) were also significant. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 493 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 730 pixel, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Jackie Cochran http://afhra. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Muscogee, Florida, is a ghost town located twenty miles northwest of Pensacola, Florida along the Peridio river. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Indio Fashion Mall. ... Floyd Bostwick Odlum (b. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. ... Image:WAC Air Controller by Loser V. Smith. ...

Early life

Jackie as a child c. 1908

Bessie Lee Pittman was born in Muscogee, Florida, the youngest of the five children of Mary (Grant) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition, and at age 15 left her home in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, working as a hairdresser until she wound up in New York City. There, she used her looks and driving personality to get a job at a prestigious salon at Saks Fifth Avenue. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Muscogee, Florida, is a ghost town located twenty miles northwest of Pensacola, Florida along the Peridio river. ... De Funiak Springs is a city located in Walton County, Florida. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. ...

As she became more well-known, she told many people that she had been orphaned as a child, preferring to hide her impoverished family's history. Bessie married a man named Jack Cochran, and then later changed her first name to Jacqueline to appear more glamorous. ^[1]

Only later did she meet Floyd Bostwick Odlum, middle-aged founder of Atlas Corp. and CEO of RKO in Hollywood. Widely reputed to be one of the ten richest men in the world, Odlum quickly became enamored with Jackie and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Floyd Bostwick Odlum (b. ... RKO could stand for: RKO Pictures The R.K.O. - finishing manoever (and initials) of WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton. ... ...

After a friend offered her a ride in an aircraft, a thrilled Jackie Cochran began taking flying lessons at Roosevelt Airfield, Long Island in the early 1930s. She learned to fly an airplane in just three weeks. A natural, she quickly soloed and within two years obtained her commercial pilot's license. Odlum, whom she married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "Wings," she flew her own aircraft around the country promoting her products. Years later, Odlum used his Hollywood connections to get Marilyn Monroe to endorse her line of lipstick. Roosevelt Airfield was an airfield in Garden City, Nassau County, New York. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ...

Contributions to aviation

1938 Bendix Race.

Known by her friends as "Jackie," and maintaining the Cochran name, she flew her first major race in 1934. In 1937, she was the only woman to compete in the Bendix race. She worked with Amelia Earhart to open the race for women^[2]. That year, she also set a new woman's national speed record. By 1938, she was considered the best female pilot in the United States. She had won the Bendix and set a new transcontinental speed record as well as altitude records (by this time she was no longer just breaking woman's records but was setting overall records)^[3]. She was the first woman to break the sound barrier (with Chuck Yeager right on her wing), the first woman to fly a jet across the ocean, and the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic. She won five Harmon Trophies as the outstanding woman pilot in the world. Sometimes called the "Speed Queen," at the time of her death, no pilot, man or woman, held more speed, distance or altitude records in aviation history, than Jackie Cochran. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Bendix Trophy is an aeronautical racing trophy. ... Amelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and womens rights advocate. ... The Harmon Aviator Trophy The Harmon Aviatrix Trophy The Harmon Trophy is a set of three international trophies, to be awarded annually to the worlds outstanding aviator, aviatrix (female aviator), and aeronaut (balloon or dirigible). ...

Before the United States joined World War II, she was part of "Wings for Britain" that delivered American built aircraft to Britain and she became the first woman to fly a bomber (a Lockheed Hudson V) across the Atlantic. In Britain, she volunteered her services to the Royal Air Force. For several months she worked for the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA)^[4], recruiting qualified women pilots in the United States and taking them to England where they joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. In September 1940, with the war raging throughout Europe, Jackie Cochran wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt to introduce the proposal of starting a women's flying division in the Army Air Forces. She felt that qualified women pilots could do all of the domestic, noncombat aviation jobs necessary in order to release more male pilots for combat. She pictured herself in command of these women, with the same standings as Oveta Culp Hobby, who was then in charge of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). (The WAAC was given full military status on 1 July 1943, thus making them part of the Army. At the same time, the unit was renamed Women's Army Corps [WAC].) Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Lockheed Hudson Mk V The Lockheed Hudson was a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The Hudson was the first significant aircraft construction contract for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation—the initial RAF order for 200... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Air Transport Auxiliary was a British World War II organisation established to transfer new, repaired and damaged warplanes between factories, delivery points from the United States, maintenance depots and active service airfields. ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husbands (Franklin D. Roosevelts) New Deal, as well as civil rights. ... Secretary Hobby Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905–August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Womens Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post. ... Image:WAC Air Controller by Loser V. Smith. ...

Jackie with General Hap Arnold.

Also in 1940, Cochran wrote a letter to Colonel Robert Olds, who was helping to organize the Ferrying Command for the Air Corps at the time. (Ferrying Command was the air-transport service of the Army Air Corps; the command was renamed Air Transport Command in June 1942). In the letter, Cochran suggested that women pilots be employed to fly noncombat missions for the new command. In early 1941, Colonel Olds asked Cochran to find out how many women pilots there were in the United States, what their flying times were, their skills, their interest in flying for the country, and personal information about them. She used records from the Civil Aeronautics Administration to gather the data. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 479 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (596 × 746 pixel, file size: 83 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Jackie with General Hap Arnold. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 479 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (596 × 746 pixel, file size: 83 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Jackie with General Hap Arnold. ... Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 - January 15, 1950), often referred to by the nickname Hap, was an American pilot, commander of the US Army Air Corps from 1938, commander of the US Army Air Forces from 1941 until 1945 and the first General of the Air Force in 1949. ...

Jackie (center) with WASP trainees.

In spite of pilot shortages, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold was the person who needed to be convinced that women pilots were the solution to his staffing problems. Arnold was placed in command of the US Army Air Forces when it was created from the US Army Air Corps in June 1941. He knew that women were being used successfully in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in England. In June 1941, Arnold suggested that Cochran take a group of qualified female pilots to see how the British were doing. He promised her that no decisions regarding women flying for the USAAF would be made until she returned. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 - January 15, 1950), often referred to by the nickname Hap, was an American pilot, commander of the US Army Air Corps from 1938, commander of the US Army Air Forces from 1941 until 1945 and the first General of the Air Force in 1949. ... The United States Army Air Forces, or USAAF, was a part of the U.S. military during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ...

When General Arnold asked Cochran to go to Britain to study the ATA, she asked 76 of the most qualified female pilots--identified during the research she had done earlier for Colonel Robert Olds--to come along and fly for the ATA. Qualifications for these women were high--at least 300 hours of flying time, but most of the women pilots had over 1,000 hours. Their dedication was high as well--they had to foot the bill for travel from New York for an interview and to Montreal for a physical exam and flight check. Those that made it to Canada found out that the washout rate was also high. Twenty-five women passed the tests, and two months later, in March of 1942 they went to Britain with Cochran to join the ATA.

The women who flew in the ATA were a little reluctant to go because they wanted to be flying for (and in) the United States, but those that went became the first American women to fly military aircraft.

Following America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made director of women's flight training for the United States.^[5] As head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) she supervised the training of more than 1000 women pilots. For her war efforts, she received the Distinguished Service Medal^[6][7] and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Women Airforce Service Pilots, also known as WASP, were a group of civilian female pilots employed to fly military aircraft under the direction of the United States Army Air Force during World War II. // Creation of the WASP Pilots Jackie Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love independently submitted proposals for... This article concerns Distinguished Service Medals which are issued by the United States of America. ... The Distinguished Flying Cross. ...

Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of the Canadair F-86 with Chuck Yeager.

At war's end, she was hired by a magazine to report on global postwar events. In this role, she witnessed Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita's surrender in the Philippines, then was the first (non-Japanese) woman to enter Japan after the War and attended the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 757 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (800 × 634 pixel, file size: 360 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 757 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (800 × 634 pixel, file size: 360 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. Many elements of German jet design were implemented in the Sabre, after the American liberation troops captured a number of working Messerschmitt Me 262 experimental... Charles Yeager Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager (born on February 13, 1923, in Lincoln County, West Virginia) is an American former general officer in the United States Air Force and a noted test pilot. ... Tomoyuki Yamashita, 1945 General Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文 Yamashita Tomoyuki) (November 8, 1885 – February 23, 1946) was a general of the Japanese Army during the World War II era. ... The Süddeutsche Zeitung announces The Verdict in Nuremberg. ...

Postwar, she began flying the new jet engine aircraft, going on to set numerous records, most conspiciously, she became the first woman pilot to "go supersonic." A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... A United States Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in transonic flight. ...

Encouraged by then-Major Chuck Yeager, with whom she shared a lifelong friendship, on May 18, 1953, at Rogers Dry Lake, California, Cochran flew a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet borrowed from the Royal Canadian Air Force at an average speed of 652.337 mph, becoming the first woman to break the sound barrier.^[8] Charles Yeager Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager (born on February 13, 1923, in Lincoln County, West Virginia) is an American former general officer in the United States Air Force and a noted test pilot. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Edwards Air Force Base (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW) is a USAF airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, USA at . ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Canadair Sabre was a fighter jet built by Canadair Ltd. ... The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Forces. ... U.S. Navy F/A-18 at transonic speed. ...

She was also the first woman to land and take off from an aircraft carrier, the first woman to reach Mach 2, the first woman to pilot a bomber across the North Atlantic (in 1941), the first woman enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, the first pilot to make blind (instrument) landing, the ONLY woman to ever be President of the Federation Aeronautique lnt'l (1958-1961), the first woman to fly a fixed-wing, jet aircraft across the Atlantic, the first pilot to fly above 20,000 feet with an oxygen mask and the first woman to enter the Bendix Trans-continental Race. She still holds more distance and speed records than any pilot living or dead, male or female. Four aircraft carriers, (bottom-to-top) Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault carrier USS Wasp, supercarrier USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft — in effect acting as a sea... An F/A-18 Hornet breaking the sound barrier. ...

In 1948, Cochran joined the US Air Force Reserve where she eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ...

Political activities

Jackie Cochran and Chuck Yeager being presented with the Harmon International Trophies by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Politically ambitious, she ran for Congress in her California home district as the candidate for the Republican Party. Although she defeated a field of five male opponents to win the Republican nomination, in the general election she lost to the Democratic candidate and first Asian-American Congressman, Dalip Singh Saund. Her political setback was one of the few failures she ever experienced and never attempted another run. Those who knew Jacqueline Cochran have said that the loss bothered her for the rest of her life. However, as a result of her involvement in politics and the military, she would become close friends with General Dwight Eisenhower. In the early part of 1952, she and her husband helped sponsor a large rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City in support of an Eisenhower presidential candidacy.^[9][10] The rally was documented on film and Cochran personally flew it to France for a special showing at Eisenhower's headquarters. Her efforts proved a major factor in convincing Eisenhower to run for President of the United States in 1952 and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close friends thereafter, Eisenhower frequently visited her and her husband at their California ranch and after leaving office, wrote portions of his memoirs there.^[11] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Despite her lack of education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucrative one. Later, in 1951, the Boston Chamber of Commerce voted her one of the 25 outstanding businesswomen in America. In 1953 and 1954, the Associated Press named her "Woman of the Year in Business." 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Blessed by fame and wealth, she donated a great deal of time and money to charitable works, especially with those from impoverished backgrounds like her own.

Legacy

Jackie Cochran standing on the wing of her F-86 while talking to Chuck Yeager and Canadair's chief test pilot Bill Longhurst.

Jacqueline Cochran died on 9 August 1980 at her home in Indio, California that she shared with Floyd Odlum. She was a long-time resident of the Coachella Valley, and is buried in Coachella Valley Cemetery. She regularly utilized Thermal Airport over the course of her long aviation career. The airport, which had been renamed Desert Resorts Regional, was again renamed "Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport" in her honor. It also hosts an annual airshow named for her. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 476 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (588 × 740 pixel, file size: 202 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 476 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (588 × 740 pixel, file size: 202 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Indio Fashion Mall. ... Floyd Bostwick Odlum born March 30, 1892 in Union City, Michigan, United States – died June 17, 1976 in Indio, California, was a wealthy lawyer and industrialist and husband of aviatrix Jackie Cochran. ...

Her aviation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attention given those of Amelia Earhart, but that can in part be attributed to the public's fascination with those who die young at the peak of their careers. Also, Cochran's use of her husband's immense wealth reduced the rags-to-riches nature of her story. Nonetheless, she deserves a place in the ranks of famous women in history as one of the greatest aviators ever, and a woman who frequently used her influence to advance the cause of women in aviation. Amelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and womens rights advocate. ...

Awards

From many countries around the world, she received citations and awards. In 1949, the government of France recognized her contribution to the war and aviation, awarding her the Legion of Honor and again in 1951 with the French Air Medal. She is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. She would go on to be elected to that body's board of directors and director of Northwest Airlines in the U.S. At home, the Air Force awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Medal for the officer class, decorated with a rosette Napoleon wearing the Grand Cross The President of France is the Grand Master of the Legion. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... Northwest Airlines (Pink Sheets: NWACQ), occasionally known as NWA, is an American airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota in the United States of America. ... The Distinguished Flying Cross. ... The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. ...

Other honors include:

• In 1965, Jacqueline Cochran was invested in the International Aerospace Hall of Fame.
• In 1971, she was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
• She became the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the United States Air Force Academy.
• In 1996, the United States Post Office honored her with a 50¢ postage stamp, depicting her in front of a Bendix Trophy pylon with her P-35 in the background and the words: "Jacqueline Cochran Pioneer Pilot."
• She was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993.
• She is one of the 2006 inductees into the Lancaster, California Aerospace Walk of Honor, and the first woman to be inducted.
• There is an open public airport named after her in Palm Springs, California called Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport as well as an annual airshow called the Jacqueline Cochran Air Show.

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References

• Ayers, Billy Jean Pittman and Dees, Beth. Superwoman Jacqueline Cochran: Family Memories about the Famous Pilot, Patriot, Wife and Businesswoman. Self-published: Authorhouse, 2001. ISBN 0-75966-763-2.
• Carl, Ann Baumgartner. A WASP Among Eagles. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 2000. ISBN 1-56098-870-3.
• Cochran, Jacqueline and Brinley, Maryann Bucknum. Jackie Cochran: The Autobiography of the Greatest Woman Pilot in Aviation History. New York: Bantam Books, 1987. ISBN 0-553-05211-X.
• Cochran, Jacqueline. The Stars at Noon. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954, re-issued in 1979.
• McGuire, Nina and Sammons, Sandra Wallus. Jacqueline Cochran: America's Fearless Aviator. Tailored Tours Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-96312-416-1.
• Merryman, Molly. Clipped wings : The Rise and Fall of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II. New York: New York University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-81475-567-4.
• Reminiscences of Jacqueline Cochran Columbia University Aviation Project, Oral History Research Office, 1961.
• Williams, Vera S. WASPs: Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1994. ISBN 0-87938-856-0.

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External links

A postage stamp honoring Jackie Cochran was issued in 1996.

• WASP on the Web Bio
• www.jacquelinecochranairshow.org
• Essay format biography with bibliography provided by the US Centennial of Flight Commission
• National Air and Space Museum, Women in Aviation and Space History: Jacqueline Cochran
• Air Transport Auxiliary
• PBS: The American Experience, Fly Girls, Jackie Cochran.
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Women in Aviation and Space History: Jacqueline Cochran
• National Women's Hall of Fame: Jacqueline Cochran
• AirNav: KTRM - Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport
• official Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport website.
• “American Women Pilots,” September 3, 1943 by Jacqueline Cochran
• Letter, Jacqueline Cochran to WASPs regarding disbandment, 12 October 1944
• Letter, Jacqueline Cochran to General Eisenhower, 15 February 1952
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library's biography with important documents about the WASPs and Jackie Cochran.

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See also

Jacqueline Cochran in the cockpit of a P-40.

• Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
• Women Airforce Service Pilots Badge
• Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF - British)
• Women's Army Corps (WAC)
• WAVES
• SPARS
• United States Army Air Forces
• National Aviation Hall of Fame