Women's Equality Day
Lt. Susie Crespo (center), a former member of the 911th Air Refueling Squadron, talks with media in 2009 about her job as a pilot. In the 1940s, 25,000 women applied to join the Women's Airforce Service Pilots Corps, but only 1,830 were accepted and took the oath, and out of those only 1,074 women passed the training and joined. Today, the Air Force ranks is comprised of 25% women. (USAF photo by 916ARW/PA)