Jacqueline Cochran, Director of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, donated her WASP dress uniform and other career ... In addition, they towed targets for cadet fighter training, transported ...

Lt. Col. Christine Mau is the first female fighter pilot to fly the new F-35 Lightning II, taking to skies over Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. This post is appearing on Autoblog Military ...

and it was only three years ago that Japan lifted its ban on female fighter pilots. Now, 26-year-old Misa Matsushima has become the first ever woman to fly a fighter jet in Japanese history.

In a service where women were not permitted to fly in combat until 1993, adapting to a growing female population has been slow and hard-fought, advocates say.