OSHKOSH (NBC 26) -- The EAA Aviation Museum has welcomed a new exhibit featuring the WASP program. WASP stands for Women Air Force Service Pilots. The program got started in the 1940's with a group of female pilots that performed dangerous and heroic duties while flying military aircraft to bases around the world during World War II.
More than 1,100 women were accepted into the WASP program in 1943 and 1944. While serving our country 38 of them died.
After the WASP program ended in late 1944. It took more than 30 years for women to begin flying military missions once again.
Today, women are pilots in all branches of the U.S. military, including in combat areas around the world.
Check out the EAA Aviation Museum's website for a complete list of guests as part of the speaker series.
