The first class of Air Force pilots to include women is marking its 35th anniversary this month, and one of the women is a Manistique native.
Excerpt: The flight suits didn't fit. Colleagues' wives were jealous. An eighth of an inch almost cost her a spot in the program.
But Mary Livingston of Manistique went on to become a member of the first coed graduating class of Air Force pilots. Those 10 women flew into U.S. history 35 years ago this month.
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Source: Detroit Free Press
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