Whiteman Air Force Base
Lt. Col. Nicola Polidor, No. 6, Spirit Number 507By Brye Steeves509th Bomb Wing Public AffairsAs a preteen girl, Nicky Polidor had hundreds of magazine cutouts taped all over the bedroom walls of her California home. But they weren’t pictures of boybands or heartthrobs from popular TV shows.They were airplanes.“All types – small, big, commercial, military,” Polidor remembers. “The fast, elusive military jets really captivated me.”Soon, she went from a girl dreaming about planes to actually flying them. Her first lessons were in a Cessna and her instructor was a Finnish woman who was an Alaskan bush pilot by trade. “She had a profound influence on me,” Polidor says. “I’ll never forget being able to solo a Cessna because of her guidance. The fact that she was a female, professional pilot, especially given her generation, was an unspoken, subtle inspiration that I could do anything I wanted.”In 2011, Polidor became the sixth woman to pilot the B-2.Being a female pilot occurs to her more now that she’s older, Polidor says. When she first began flying, she just tried to fit in. Today, she is treated like any other pilot, but Polidor is more aware of workforce dynamics and the role gender plays when it comes to policies, pay and retention.“I am encouraged to think that society is evolving and one day soon the reaction to me saying, ‘I fly the B2’ isn’t ‘They let women do that?!’ anymore.” ................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related download
- whiteman air force base
- sign in roster for training the military college of
- issue u s department of defense
- determining veteran status and eligibility for benefits u
- usmc ribbon
- appendix 2 16 status codes defense logistics agency
- chapter 2 veteran s eligibility and entitlement
- modifications guide
- prohibited items items that often require pre purchase
- memorandum for see distribution the u s army military
Related searches
- united states air force base map
- air force base in spain
- chanute air force base records
- dobbins air force base ga
- air force base georgia usa
- chanute air force base 1968
- chanute air force base museum
- moody air force base georgia
- lackland air force base website
- lackland air force base information
- air force base locator
- lackland air force base map