I seem to remember some folks on this NG saying her career was done after
that lawsuit. Now how soon will the Navy get a female carrier squadron CO?




Cub Driver wrote:

This from the Aero-News Propwash email newsletter
this morning:

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USAF Names First Female To Command Combat Squadron
And You'll Never Guess...

The 354th Fighter
Squadron, based at Arizona's Davis-Monthan AFB,
has a new
commander: Lt. Col. Martha McSally.

If that name rings familiar, you might remember
that the 38-year
old McSally sued the Pentagon three years ago
because, while in
Saudi Arabia, the military made her wear Muslim
religious garb --
called abayas -- so as not to offend the locals.


That offended McSally's Christian sensibilities
and, she said,
was unnecessary. Other US women serving in Saudi
Arabia --
diplomats and office workers -- didn't have
to comply with the
order.

The 354th conducts A-10 operations in both Afhganistan
and Iraq.
But that's nothing new to McSally. She's used
to being the
first.

In 1994, she was the first female USAF pilot
to conduct combat
operations.
FMI: www.af.mil

For the WHOLE story, go to
http://www.aero-news.net/news/milita...a-2f6a92f465e8

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all the best -- Dan Ford
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