The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots[2] or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots[3]) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became trained pilots who tested aircraft, ferried aircraft and trained other pilots.

Mar 22, 2025 · Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), U.S. Army Air Forces program that tasked some 1,100 civilian women with noncombat military flight duties during World War II. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft.

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Most people who think of women in the Army in World War II think of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and their work in dozens of non-combat specialties to free men for combat service. An even smaller, more select group of women were allowed …

Mar 9, 2010 · About 1,100 young women flew military aircraft stateside during World War II as part of a program called Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASP for short.

The new unified group called itself the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), with its pilots known as WASPs. In its first few weeks, the WFTD required women pilots to have a private pilot license and 200 hours of flight time, and would then train them to fly "the Army way."

Nov 30, 2023 · Two experienced female pilots, Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love, separately proposed recruiting women to assist the Army Air Forces (AAF). They argued that women could take over important jobs on the home front, freeing up men to serve in combat.

Apr 23, 2019 · WASP Joann Garrett flew twin-engine B-26 planes and C-60 transport aircraft at Army Air Bases in Texas and Kansas in service to her country. Referring to themselves as “Avenger Girls,” the Women Airforce Service Pilots were superheroes of aviation.

The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is a chapter from World War II nearly forgotten for over 30 years. The WASP logged over 60 million miles from 1942-1944 ferrying planes, towing targets, testing planes and training pilots.

The Official WASP Archive collects, organizes, and preserves the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. In addition, we actively represent the WASP and share their history to inspire the next generation of female aviators.