Good Night Captain Mama by Graciela Tiscareno-Sato

We continue to see additional “firsts” in 2023, with the first-ever woman Blue Angel demonstration pilot taking flight for this year’s season. The grit and determination of every person who helped shatter these barriers set the course for aviation today. “2023 marks 80 years since the original formation of the WASP (1943), 50 years of women in modern military aviation (1973), and 30 years of women in combat (1993). 'From the heritage of the WASP to our most junior current aviators, the pioneering spirit of women in aviation continues to charge past seemingly insurmountable obstacles,” shared Charlan Poirson, Colonel, USAF (Retired) and President, of Women Military Aviators. April 23, 1993, is the official date that the Department of Defense changed its policy to allow women aviators to additionally serve in combat roles.” Coast Guard has accepted female aviators, many of whom have made historic achievements and advancements in the field of military aviation.

Ever since then every service, including the U.S. Army opened their programs to women in 1973. The Women Military Aviators press kit states, “The U.S. WMA members (veterans and active duty service members) coming in from around the country will celebrate these milestones at a member rendezvous on March 10th and at the airshow at NAF El Centro on March 11th. She will travel from Northern California to deliver school assemblies at two El Centro area schools on March 10, 2023. LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, Febru/ / - Gracefully Global Group, publisher of the award-winning bilingual children's aviation trilogy, announces that founder Graciela Tiscareño-Sato has joined the informally-named “Taskforce 50/30” and the Women Military Aviators group of which she’s been a long-time member to celebrate two important historical milestones: 2023 marks the 50th year that women have served in modern military aviation and the 30th year women have served in combat aviation roles. Charlan Poirson, Colonel, USAF (Ret.), President, Women Military Aviators

Good Night Captain Mama by Graciela Tiscareno-Sato