Banned from US gov’t & military websites! This #BannedBooksWeek meet the 1st woman to command an aviation squadron, 1st female Hurricane Hunter, 1st military pilot mom. #wingsofgoldbook in hardcover, ebook & audiobook

Banned from US gov’t & military websites! This #BannedBooksWeek meet the 1st woman to command an aviation squadron, 1st female Hurricane Hunter, 1st military pilot mom. #wingsofgoldbook in hardcover, ebook & audiobook

"Wings of Gold," my book about the first 6 female naval aviators, and the personal stories of these pioneering women have vanished from gov't websites. Please join the more than 1,100 people who have signed our petition. These histories need to be restored! Please sign and share! chng.it/Z6Yq5mQnzc

Thank you, Fountain Bookshop, for a terrific local author book signing! #wingsofgoldbook #bannedbooks #navalaviation

Banned! During #WomensHistoryMonth the Navy took down its website for #wingsofgoldbook. Read the stories of 6 pioneering female naval aviators that the military doesn't want you to know about! Available in hardcover, ebook and audiobook #navalaviation

Thank you, Daedalus Flyer magazine, for your review of "Wings of Gold"! #WomensHistoryMonth #navalaviation

I went to check on whether the book I wrote about the Navy's first female fliers, "Wings of Gold." was still listed on the Navy's website. I found this. The histories of six pioneering military pilots erased. This is not ok. #navalaviation #womenshistorymonth

This is not okay

OTD in 1973: The Navy’s first civilian female naval aviator candidates report to Women’s Officer School, Newport, RI: Ens. Joellen Drag (Oslund); Ens. Rosemary Merims Conatser (Mariner), who in 1990 will become the 1st woman to command an aviation squadron; Ens. Ana Maria Scott.

OTD in 1991: Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield begins. Though women are banned from combat, VAQ-34, a tactical electronic warfare squadron commanded by Cmdr. Rosemary Mariner, trains 7 battle groups to prepare male fighter pilots for combat. She is presented with the Meritorious Service Medal.

Seems appropriate for today

OTD in 1973: Navy Sec’y John Warner signs training orders for Lt. Judith Ann Neuffer as the U.S. military's first female flight cadet AND Joellen Drag takes oath of enlistment as 1st civilian female naval aviator recruit. #wingsofgoldbook

OTD in 1970: Ensign Barbara Ann Allen (Rainey) is commissioned in the naval reserve. She will become Female Naval Aviator #1 — the first woman to earn Wings of Gold in U.S. military flight training. #wingsofgoldbook

Thank you, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, for showcasing “Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators”!

Recent pushback to women in combat is the same old argument used against the WASP and other servicewomen after World War II; the first women in U.S. military flight training in the '70s; and the women seeking combat status for duty they were already performing in the '90s.