It took the skills, stamina and ambition of two very different women -- one from an impoverished ... They had towed targets so fighter pilots could practice firing. And they had trained male ...

The U.S. Air Force has removed certain articles about a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and the first female Thunderbird pilot ...

and it was only three years ago that Japan lifted its ban on female fighter pilots. Now, 26-year-old Misa Matsushima has become the first ever woman to fly a fighter jet in Japanese history.