'Something Amazing'

Graphic by Sylvia Saab

SrA Ashton Goodman

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WWII veteran champions women's rights

Graphic by Sylvia Saab

Sheila Widnall

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First female Thunderbird pilot

Graphic by Sylvia Saab

First female African-American general

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Today's women leaders

Graphic by Sylvia Saab

One of old living Airmen tells story

Graphic by Sylvia Saab

Evolution of women in AF

Quick evolution of women's roles in Air Force following World War II (Graphic by Sylvia Saab)

First AF female casualties in global war on terror

Staff Sgt. Anissa Shero and Airman 1st Class Jacobson

Hazel Ying Lee

Hazel Ying Lee: First Asian-American pilot during World War II. (Graphic by Sylvia Saab)

First woman in Air Force

Staff Sgt. Esther Blake: First woman in the Air Force. (Graphic by Sylvia Saab)

Col. Jeannie Leavitt

Col. Jeannie Leavitt at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot, now commands the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson. (Air Force photo courtesy 4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Col. Jeannie Leavitt

Col. Jeannie Leavitt in her F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot, now commands the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson. (Air Force photo courtesy 4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Women's History Month

March kicks off month-long women's history series. (Graphic by Sylvia Saab)

Secretary Panetta and Maj. Gen. Harris

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta shakes hands with retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcelite J. Harris before they deliver remarks during the Defense Department's 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance at the Pentagon, Jan. 24, 2013. (Defense Department photo/Glenn Fawcett)

Diversity

Adrienne Barnett speaks to Capt. Kevin Tran at an event held by the Headquarters Air Force to recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month at the Pentagon on Oct. 1. The intent of the event was to educate Air Force employees and managers on various aspects of Disability Employment and Accommodations. Barnett is an Exceptional Family Member Program family support specialist and Tran is the chief of Force Support Readiness Plans with the Force Support Readiness Division. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Barlow)

Diversity

Erin Anderson demonstrates a keyboard to Ladd Ryan and David Page at an event held by the Headquarters Air Force to recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month at the Pentagon on Oct. 1. The intent of the event was to educate Air Force employees and managers on various aspects of Disability Employment and Accommodations. Anderson is a Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) technical coordinator, and Ryan and Page are Office of Under Secretary for Intelligence mission assurance planners. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Brownlow)

Doolittle Award

U.S. Air Force Assistant Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Richard Newton III presents Col. Patrick Doherty with the inaugural Doolittle Award June 2, 2011, at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. The Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award recognizes a unit that has displayed bravery, determination, discipline, esprit de corps and superior management of joint operations while accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions in multiple conflicts, making a sustained, significant contribution to Air Force history. Colonel Doherty is the commander of the 4th Fighter Wing, and accepted the award on behalf of the wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gino Reyes)

Doolittle Award

Four F-15E Strike Eagles fly June 2, 2011, above the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., following the 4th Fighter Wing's acceptance of the inaugural Doolittle Award. The Air Force Historical Foundation's new distinction acknowledges sustained, distinctive contributions to the history and heritage of the U.S. Air Force, and is named after aviation pioneer James H. Doolittle, who served as a lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for valor and leadership as commander of the famous Doolittle Raid. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gino Reyes)

Doolittle Raiders

Doolittle Raider Thomas Griffin, who was a navigator on crew 9, signs autographs at the Doolittle Raiders Lounge April 15, 2011, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as Airman 1st Class Paul Imm, of the 55th Operations Support Squadron, assists. The autograph session was part of the Raiders' 69th annual reunion, which took place April 14 through 17. (U.S. Air Force photo/Josh Plueger)

Doolittle Raiders

Doolittle Raider David Thatcher, who was an engineer-gunner on crew 7, shakes hands with 1st Lt. Taylor Eavenson as Lt. Col. John Cooper looks on April 15, 2011, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The five surviving Doolittle Raiders visited there as part of their 69th annual reunion, which took place this year in Nebraska from April 14 through 17. Lieutenant Eavenson is an electronic warfare officer with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron. Colonel Cooper is the 55th Operations Group deputy commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Josh Plueger)

Code talkers

Alilee Bah Church, performs a traditional Native American butterfly dance during a ceremony Nov. 10, 2010, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., honoring veterans and celebrating Native American Heritage Month. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Code talkers

Navajo Code Talkers Peter Macdonald (left) and Roy Hawthorne participated in a ceremony Nov. 10, 2010, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. to pay tribute to veterans and to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. (U.S. Air Force photo)