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discrimination/Tillamook tournament
In an earlier post i read where females are not allowed to fish in a certain fishing derby held on Tillamook Bay. I think the organizers of this event should read this so if you know any of them send it to them.
Women fighter pilots flying combat missions over Afghanistan with little
> >or no fanfare
> >
> >Associated Press
> >October 23, 2001
> >
> >ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) - After flying an attack mission on
> >Afghanistan early Tuesday, Lieut. J.G. Sara said she didn't think she and
> >other women pilots should be singled out for attention, or that what she
> >was doing was historic.
> >
> >Indeed, little special attention has been focused on women fighter pilots
> >and weapons' officers. Kosovo was the first major military campaign since
> >the Navy decided in 1993 to allow women to fly combat aircraft; the war on
> >terrorism is the second.
> >
> >``I've never thought that it was a big deal that I was an aviator, I just
> >go out there and do my job,'' Sara, the 25-year-old from Billings,
> >Montana, said. ``I don't like to see women singled out, basically.''
> >
> >For security reasons she can only be identified by her first name - and
> >her call-sign, ``Goalie.''
> >
> >Sara, who was surprised by media requests to interview her, said she is
> >proud of the example the United States has set by allowing her to fly
> >combat missions.
> >
> >During the Gulf War, women sailors flew combat support missions earning a
> >huge amount of press coverage and sparking debate about women in combat,
> >especially after a woman helicopter pilot was captured by Iraqi forces.
> >Now women fly the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world, bombing
> >Taliban and al-Qaida targets while under anti-aircraft fire.
> >
> >Women sailors were first allowed to train as pilots in 1976, selected to
> >fly cargo and surveillance planes.
> >
> >Cdr. Diana Cangelosi of Wilmett, Illinois was one of the first women to
> >join the Navy specifically to be a pilot in 1981 and chose to fly a spy plane.
> >
> >Under the military's security rules, commanding officers can be fully
> >identified if they choose.
> >
> >Cangelosi started out flying the EA-3 and eventually flew EP-3 spy planes,
> >including the one that collided with a Chinese fighter plane earlier this
> >year.
> >
> >``I flew the most (combat oriented) thing women were allowed in fly in my
> >time,'' Cangelosi, now the officer in charge of the Combat Direction
> >Center on the USS Roosevelt. ``What they are flying now is a bit more
> >exciting.''
> >
> >Cangelosi, 46, has reached a rank where she no longer flies, but she
> >enjoys her present assignment in charge of directing the ship's defenses.
> >``Frankly, this is a cooler job because it involves weapons' systems,''
> >she said, with a glimmer in her eye.
> >
> >The Roosevelt has been flying night attacks for almost a week, launching
> >U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighters, EA-6B Prowler surveillance planes and
> >Marine Corps FA-18C Hornet attack jets to bomb Taliban and al-Qaida
> >targets in Afghanistan.
> >
> >The planes, airborne for 5 to 8 hours at a time, have been refueled by
> >both Navy and U.S. Air Force tanker planes and directed by air controller
> >and surveillance aircraft, many of them also flown by women.
> >
> >Sara, a trained F-14 pilot, works as the fighter jet's navigator and
> >weapons' officer, directing laser guided bombs and missiles on to their
> >targets.
> >
> >Cangelosi said she was ``very proud'' of and envied the new women fighter
> >pilots.
> >
> >``Things have changed a lot in 20 years,'' she said.
> >
> >Sara praised women like Cangelosi, whom she said paved the way and set an
> >excellent example for women to follow.
> >
> >``I've always felt very comfortable being a female in the aviation
> >community ever since I walked into flight school,'' Sara said. ``There
> >aren't many of us, that's true, but I think (all of) our personalities
> >mesh, otherwise we wouldn't be in this job.''
> >
> >Cangelosi said she looks forward to the day when there are no more
> >milestones specifically for women.
> >
> >``When we have the day when nobody cares what sex you are when you're
> >doing your job, I think that's a day I'll look forward to,'' Cangelosi
> >said. ``I think we're very close to that day in Naval aviation.''
[ 10-24-2001: Message edited by: CAGEY ]
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