Afton J. Brown, USAF – Panel Moderator
ABOUT Professional pilot and aviation mentor. First Officer for Fedex Express and Instructor Pilot in the United States Air Force. Over 13 years’ experience with 4,000 hours instructing and operating […]
Legacy | USAF – Panel
PANEL DETAILS Saturday, April 27, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 PM Moderator: Major Afton J. Brown “WASP Legacy: The Best Advice I Ever Got“ What do we do when we have […]
WASP in the Spotlight – Panel – WASP Celebration Brunch
PANEL DETAILS Friday, April 26, 2024 10:00 – 11:00 AM | 1000 – 1100 hrs. Moderator: Lt Col Olga Custodio, USAF (Ret) Located at Texas State Technical College (TSTC) during […]
Eileen Bjorkman – Author & Speaker
ABOUT Eileen loves all things aviation, with a particular passion for military and homebuilt aircraft. She is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel with 700+ hours of flying time as […]
Colonel Marcelyn Atwood, USAF (Ret) – Panel Moderator
ABOUT Colonel Atwood is the daughter of a retired Oregon National Guard pilot and a retired educator. She holds two bachelor’s degrees (Music Education and Computer Information Management) and two […]
Women Military Aviators (WMA) – Panel
PANEL DETAILS Saturday, April 27, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Moderator: Colonel Marcelyn Atwood, USAF (Ret) (Navigator serving from 1980-2005) Slides w/Panel Discussion “WASP Legacy: Modern Women Military Aviators!” […]
‘Sasha’ – Aviation Visionary & Air Power Advocate by Julia Lauria-Blum
When recalling the names of pioneering innovators who made their mark within the aviation industry and advocated for airpower during World War II, Russian-born émigré Alexander de Seversky may not […]
Towing Targets… and Other Dangerous Liaisons by Julia Lauria-Blum
As the WASP performed a great variety of duties outside of ferrying missions, many of the women in the WFTD Training Command were selected for classified, high-risk flight operations. One […]
Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck, Ph.D. – Panel Moderator & Author
Author, Associate Professor at Texas Woman’s University, WASP Historian ABOUT Katherine Sharp Landdeck earned her doctorate from the University of Tennessee and is a professor of history at TWU. She teaches […]
Lt. Col. Cathyrine “Lilo” Armandie, USAF – Panel Moderator
WASP Legacy Pilot ABOUT United States Air Force Lt. Col. Cathyrine Armandie is an F-15E Strike Eagle Weapons System Officer or Combat Systems Officer (CSO), which was formerly known as a […]