First woman in Missouri Air National Guard awarded Bronze Star Associated Press

First woman in Missouri Air National Guard awarded Bronze Star
Associated Press

(EXCERPT)

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - An air traffic controller from northwest Missouri is
the first woman in the Missouri Air National Guard to receive the
Bronze Star for her work in northern Iraq.

Master Sgt. Lettia Whitaker was scheduled to receive the medal on
Saturday for establishing the first air control service in northern
Iraq that supported about 4,800 combat sorties.

Whitaker, of Gower, is part of the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron.
She was one of the first airmen on the ground at the Kirkuk Air Base.

Gen. Hal Hornburg praised Whitaker for developing explosive ordnance
disposal proc...

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