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Women in the United States Air Force, the Glossary

There have been women in the United States Air Force since 1948, and women continue to serve in it today.^[1]

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History of the United States Air Force
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Air force academy

An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned officers in a national air force.

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Ash Carter

Ashton Baldwin Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017.

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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Bolling v. Sharpe

Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Constitution prohibits segregated public schools in the District of Columbia.

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CNBC

CNBC is an American business news channel owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

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Don't ask, don't tell

"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people.

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Due Process Clause

A Due Process Clause is found in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the federal and state governments, respectively, without due process of law.

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Esther McGowin Blake

Esther McGowin Blake (1897–1979) was the first woman in the United States Air Force.

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Executive Order 10450

President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10450 on April 27, 1953.

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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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Frontiero v. Richardson

Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case which decided that benefits given by the United States military to the family of service members cannot be given out differently because of sex. Women in the United States Air Force and Frontiero v. Richardson are women in the United States military.

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Gender-affirming surgery

Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender.

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Geraldine Pratt May

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

In United States constitutional law, incorporation is the doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to the states.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Janet C. Wolfenbarger

Janet Carol Wolfenbarger (née Libby; born 1958) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as the eighth commander of Air Force Materiel Command from June 5, 2012, to June 8, 2015.

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Jeanne M. Holm

Major General Jeanne Marjorie Holm (June 23, 1921 – February 15, 2010) was the first female one-star general of the United States Air Force and the first female two-star general in any service branch of the United States.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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Kelly Flinn

Kelly Flinn (whose surname was sometimes misspelled as Flynn; born December 23, 1970) is a former B-52 pilot in the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Leon Panetta

Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as Secretary of Defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House Chief of Staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), and as a U.S.

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Les Aspin

Leslie Aspin Jr. (July 21, 1938 – May 21, 1995) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1971 to 1993 and as the 18th United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994.

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List of landmark court decisions in the United States

The following landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States.

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National Security Act of 1947

The National Security Act of 1947 (Pub.L., 61 Stat., enacted July 26, 1947) was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II.

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Sheila Widnall

Sheila Marie Evans Widnall (born July 13, 1938) is an American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

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Transgender personnel in the United States military

In more recent years, openly transgender people have served or sought to serve in the military.

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United States Air Force Basic Military Training

United States Air Force Basic Military Training (also known as BMT or boot camp) is a seven-week program of physical and combat training required in order for an individual to become enlisted into the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and United States Space Force.

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United States Air Force Basic Training scandal

The United States Air Force Basic Training scandal is the military sex scandal which took place at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

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United States Secretary of the Air Force

The Secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the Secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

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US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)

On 15 June 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama ordered United States forces to be dispatched in response to the Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) of the Islamic State (IS), as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The War in Afghanistan was an armed conflict that took place from 2001 to 2021.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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Women in the Air Force

Women in the Air Force (WAF) was a program which served to bring women into limited roles in the United States Air Force.

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Women in the military

Women have been serving in the military since the inception of organized warfare, in both combat and non-combat roles.

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Women's Armed Services Integration Act

Women's Armed Services Integration Act is a United States law that enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the armed forces in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the recently formed Air Force. Women in the United States Air Force and Women's Armed Services Integration Act are women in the United States military.

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Women's Army Corps

The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army.

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2003 United States Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal

The Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal in 2003 involved allegations of sexual assault at the United States Air Force Academy, as well as allegations that the alleged incidents had been ignored by the academy's leadership.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Air_Force

Women in the United States Air Force, the Glossary

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See also

History of the United States Air Force

Women in the United States military

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