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Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil

1950's -- In 1938, Lillian Kinkella Keil's mother thought her daughter might like to be one of a brand new group of women, called "stewardesses," so she advised her to go to United Airline's Oakland base and take a look. Keil, a registered nurse, had never seen an airplane and never heard of a stewardess, but one look and she was hooked. This pioneer in passenger care would later combine her two careers and become the most decorated woman in U.S. military history.
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Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil

1950's -- In 1938, Lillian Kinkella Keil's mother thought her daughter might like to be one of a brand new group of women, called "stewardesses," so she advised her to go to United Airline's Oakland base and take a look. Keil, a registered nurse, had never seen an airplane and never heard of a stewardess, but one look and she was hooked. This pioneer in passenger care would later combine her two careers and become the most decorated woman in U.S. military history.
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Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil

1950's -- In 1938, Lillian Kinkella Keil's mother thought her daughter might like to be one of a brand new group of women, called "stewardesses," so she advised her to go to United Airline's Oakland base and take a look. Keil, a registered nurse, had never seen an airplane and never heard of a stewardess, but one look and she was hooked. This pioneer in passenger care would later combine her two careers and become the most decorated woman in U.S. military history.
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Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil

1950's -- In 1938, Lillian Kinkella Keil's mother thought her daughter might like to be one of a brand new group of women, called "stewardesses," so she advised her to go to United Airline's Oakland base and take a look. Keil, a registered nurse, had never seen an airplane and never heard of a stewardess, but one look and she was hooked. This pioneer in passenger care would later combine her two careers and become the most decorated woman in U.S. military history.
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Major Raoul G. Lufbery

EARLY YEARS -- Raoul Gervais Lufbery, the third highest scoring American ace for World War I, was the first American to reach ace status. He was member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille before transferring to the U.S. Air Service following the nation's entry into the war. He had 17 confirmed victories with the French.
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Major Raoul G. Lufbery

EARLY YEARS -- Raoul Gervais Lufbery, the third highest scoring American ace for World War I, was the first American to reach ace status. He was member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille before transferring to the U.S. Air Service following the nation's entry into the war. He had 17 confirmed victories with the French.
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Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara

1950's -- Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara conducts a mission briefing. James Jabara, the world's first jet ace, was born in Muskogee, Okla., October 1923. Jabara was the prototypical fighter pilot, although perhaps not at first glance. Standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, Jabara was nevertheless larger than life. He was determined to enter pilot training, and he did. He was equally determined to become an ace in his F-86 Sabre, and he did.
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Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara

1950's -- Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara in a flight suit with his F-86. James Jabara, the world's first jet ace, was born in Muskogee, Okla., October 1923. Jabara was the prototypical fighter pilot, although perhaps not at first glance. Standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, Jabara was nevertheless larger than life. He was determined to enter pilot training, and he did. He was equally determined to become an ace in his F-86 Sabre, and he did.
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Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara

1950's -- Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara exits the cockpit after a mission. James Jabara, the world's first jet ace, was born in Muskogee, Okla., October 1923. Jabara was the prototypical fighter pilot, although perhaps not at first glance. Standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, Jabara was nevertheless larger than life. He was determined to enter pilot training, and he did. He was equally determined to become an ace in his F-86 Sabre, and he did.
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Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara

1950's -- Then Capt. James Jabara in the cockpit during his second combat tour in Korea, January-June 1953. James Jabara, the world's first jet ace, was born in Muskogee, Okla., October 1923. Jabara was the prototypical fighter pilot, although perhaps not at first glance. Standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, Jabara was nevertheless larger than life. He was determined to enter pilot training, and he did. He was equally determined to become an ace in his F-86 Sabre, and he did.
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Lieutenant Colonel James Jabara

1950's -- James Jabara, the world's first jet ace, was born in Muskogee, Okla., October 1923. Jabara was the prototypical fighter pilot, although perhaps not at first glance. Standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, Jabara was nevertheless larger than life. He was determined to enter pilot training, and he did. He was equally determined to become an ace in his F-86 Sabre, and he did.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel P. Langley assumed leadership of the Smithsonian Institution in the 1890s, but continued his experiments with aerodynamics. Langley Air Force Base, Va., is named in his honor.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel P. Langley never held a military rank, nor piloted even a civilian airplane. Even though he was one of the pioneers of flight in America, Langley never saw his dreams fulfilled. He's remembered as one of the most unlucky trail blazers in flight history.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly (left), chief mechanic and pilot on board the houseboat that launched Langley's Aerodrome aircraft over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. in 1903. Even though he was one of the pioneers of flight in America, Langley never saw his dreams fulfilled. (Photo courtesy of NASA)
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Aerodrome Tests

EARLY YEARS -- By the end of 1893, Samuel P. Langley was conducting flight tests from atop a houseboat moored near Quantico on the Potomac River. After numerous failures, on May 6, 1896, his luck changed. He launched Aerodrome Number 5 out over the Potomac. It rose gracefully in a sweeping circle. It circled until its fuel gave outand then settled gently into the water.
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Col. Francis S. Gabreski

Col. Francis "Gabby" Gabreski almost didn't make it through flight school. Almost 12 years later, he would become the first Air Force fighter pilot to become an ace in both World War II and the Korean conflict.
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Col. Francis S. Gabreski

Francis "Gabby" Gabreski become an ace in both World War II and the Korean conflict -- the first Air Force person to do so. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Col. Francis S. Gabreski

Col. Francis "Gabby" Gabreski was the first Air Force fighter pilot to become an ace in both World War II and the Korean conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Col. Francis S. Gabreski

Francis "Gabby" Gabreski almost didn't make it through flight school. Approximately 12 years later, he would become the first Air Force fighter pilot to become an ace in both World War II and the Korean conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Major General Foulois

Maj. Gen. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, the first chief of the Army Air Corps to be a military aviator, had a number of "firsts" in his long and illustrious career. His accomplishments spanned 56 years during active-duty and retired military aviation service.
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