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Old 07-18-2008 | 05:51 AM
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This is a complementary follow up article about one of the pilots of the two F-22s - a female and from Washington! I am going out of town this weekend, otherwise, I would be first in line at McChord on Saturday.

From Seattle PI:
As top military fighters descend on Tacoma and Seattle air shows to spotlight their flying skills during the next few weeks, they will be joined by some very talented women.

At McChord Air Force Base, two from the nation's growing group of female fighter pilots will appear this weekend, building on the hard-fought legacy of flying women such as the famed Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II -- the WASPs.

Maj. Samantha Weeks, 32, a member of the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, will handle the lead solo F-16 Fighting Falcon jet in two Air Expo 2008 performances at McChord Air Force Base this weekend.

At the controls of a lethal military aircraft, gender doesn't matter
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