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Yes, Mom Flew a Helicopter in the First Gulf War (Part 3)

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Women Flew Combat Support in Desert Storm “In Desert Storm, women were allowed to do combat support and combat service support,” Vicky Calhoun explained in last week’s Blog. “Then into the 1990s, the Air Force let women into fighter aircraft. That helped erode the Army argument that women couldn’t fly combat aircraft. “Now women military…
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This Mom Flew Helicopters in Desert Storm

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The First Gulf War Army Chinook Pilot Looks Back on Her Service Part I:  The three part story of one Desert Storm helicopter pilot. Captain Victoria Calhoun sat on the “ass end” of her CH-47D Chinook helicopter—parked nose to tail with Alpha Company’s other 15 choppers. The night was clear, the stars looked close enough…

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