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All female crew makes 552nd ACW history
OKLAHOMA CITY - Several members of the 552nd Air Control Wing and 513th Air Control Group made history recently by fielding an all-female flight crew.
The crew, comprised every operational flying squadron within the wing, took to the air on Aug. 23,
in what is believed to be the first sortie flown by an all-female crew from the wing.
Every crew position on the flight was filled by 19 female Airmen.
Four men were added at the last minute because there was still room on the jet and an opportunity for valuable training.
The flight was an extension of an all-female crew the wing had hoped to fill back in March to coincide with Women's History Month.
That flight wasn't able to be organized because there was not a female flight engineer within the wing.
This time around, however, the wing was able to fill every crew position, according to the mission crew commander, Maj. Heather Fleishauer, a member of the 552nd Operations Support Squadron.
As for the four males who joined the crew on the training mission, they all indicated they had a great time and enjoyed being part of such a unique sortie.