445th AW reservists attend guest lecture series

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - (Clockwise from top left) Lt. Col. Kathryn Staiger, 445th Airlift Wing Inspector General’s office; Capt. Jackie Fleming, 89th Airlift Squadron; Maj. Nicole Malachowski, Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. General Services Administration; and World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Nadine Nagel. Colonel Staiger and Captain Fleming brought Ms. Nagel to the National Museum of the USAF to listen to Major Malachowski give a lecture on “America’s Women Aviators: from WASP to Thunderbirds, to the Future” Nov. 17. Major Malachowski was assigned as a demonstration pilot, Thunderbird No. 3/Right Wing, with the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron. As the historic first female pilot on any U.S. jet demonstration team, she performed before millions of spectators in 140 air shows across the United States and seven foreign countries. Her lecture was part of the museum's Wings & Things Guest Lecture Series. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken LaRock)