Remember When ALL the Pilots Were Men?
By Robert Mark on October 4th, 2008A buddy of mine – Mal Gormley – sent this over today and I just had to pass it on. Here’s a shot of the largest aircraft in the USAF fleet, the C-5 Galaxy. And don’t ask if it’s an “A” or a “B” model because I have no idea.
Now take a look at the crew (below) of this airplane on it’s way to Afghanistan. Or perhaps it was on the way back from the Middle East, I’m not sure.
Being the utterly shallow individual that I am, I can tell you that when I rode around in the back of an Air Force airplane, my only option was a whether or not the pilot was a cranky old Major or a Colonel. And he probably had a cigar in his mouth. 
Yup. Change is good!
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October 4th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Where were these women when I served in the USAF???? I had to deal with butterbar F111 Wizzo’s!
October 8th, 2008 at 11:22 am
75% cute and 50% on the hot end of the scale. The USAF should use them to recruit.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Lord liftin the one on the bottom left as we look at her is a Playmate.Women have been flying for years, have we forgot.WW2 they flew the planes, transporting them around for the War effort.Germany had(her name slipes me right now) but she was a test pilot and piloted the first batch of choppers.There was a big gap when women didn’t fly much, but they are everywhere now.If you want to get somewhere fast, let the women drive or fly.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Gee, you guys must have been very sheltered. Women pilots have been flying USAF MAC aircraft as all female crews since 1977. Also, to correct the not-exactly-accurate of the WW2 female pilots: Yes, women flew the aircraft from the factories to delivery points for the military. Some were killed and they were all dropped like hot potatoes by the military after the war and never treated like the veterans that they were. And nevermind Germany and the mystery test pilot. The Soviet Union had many women flying hot combat missions in fighter aircraft. Some were shot down and killed by the Germans who were very disturbed when they attempted to recover the enemy pilot only to find that their brutal enemy was actually a pretty young woman. Playmates…you guys are really something. My pretty blonde niece is a newly minted Navy ensign who graduated flight school this winter. She just finished her survival training where the
“interrogators” slapped her around and gut punched her. She is now off to fly reconnaissance. Playmates….sickening.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
“Remember When ALL the Pilots Were Men?”
Yes, and I’m also old enough to remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous
August 17th, 2009 at 1:40 am
If you look at this picture. That isnt a C-5 of any sort. I ask you to research Stars And Stripes for “Ladys night out over Afganastan” Here is a short detail copyed from that story.
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Clockwise from lower left) 1st Lt Alison, Capts Heather and Waynetta, and Senior Airman Lyndi [Last names withheld for operational security.], all from the 376th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flew an all-female KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling mission over Afghanistan on Jan. 31.