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 […]
Susan Kilrain – Keynote Speaker

EVENT DETAILS Friday, April 26, 2024 5:00 – 11:00 PM | 1700 – 2300 hrs. You must purchase a ticket to attend. ABOUT NASA Astronaut, Navy Test Pilot, Author, Mom […]