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Elaine D. Harmon, a former pilot of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program, walks through the "Fly Girls of World War II" exhibit in 2008 at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Va. Harmon was laid to rest at Arlington Natio

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Female WWII Pilot Is Finally Laid To Rest At Arlington National Cemetery

2:39pm September 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Elaine Harmon was a WASP — a woman flying military planes to free up a male pilot for combat. WASPs have received veteran status, but the Army had ruled their ashes couldn't be placed at Arlington.

WASP (from left) Frances Green, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their B-17, called Pistol Packin' Mama, during ferry training at Lockbourne Army Air Force base in Ohio. They're carrying their parachutes.

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Congress Approves Arlington Cemetery Burials For Female WWII Pilots

8:30pm May 11, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The legislation would allow the remains of women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, in the 1940s to be buried in the veterans cemetery.

Indian Air Force jet fighter aircrafts fly over an airbase in 2014. Starting this summer, female fighter jet pilots will be allowed in the Air Force.

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Happy International Women's Day! India To Induct Female Fighter Pilots

5:39pm March 08, 2016

by Laura Wagner

India's Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha has announced that the Air Force will induct its first female fighter pilots this summer.