Events

07/15/2023
Western Museum of Flight

Fly Girls Revolt at Western Museum of Flight

Address: Western Museum of Flight - 3315 Airport Drive Torrance, CA 90505
Website: https://www.wmof.com/

Celebrity Lecture Series

Dr. Eileen Bjorkman

Colonel USAF  (ret)

Female Fighter Pilots and the Combat Exclusion Policy

FLY GIRLS REVOLT

Because of restrictions in public law, women were not permitted to serve in direct combat roles based on the Combat Exclusion Policy from 1948. This law was changed in 1993, and women’s inclusion in a variety of combat units has continued to expand from that time.

This is the story of the women who kicked the door open for others to follow in combat roles as well as the myriad of women who broke down other aviation barriers in the decades previous.

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