{"id":27101,"date":"2023-11-07T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27101"},"modified":"2023-11-07T01:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:00:54","slug":"2023-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-day-set-for-december-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/2023-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-day-set-for-december-8th\/%20","title":{"rendered":"2023 Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day Set for December 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In honor of the significant impact women have made to aviation in Oklahoma and to industry, the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics in community partnership with the 137th Special Operations Wing, the Oklahoma National Guard, Will Rogers World Airport, the Oklahoma Air and Space Forces Association, the Oklahoma Defense Industry Association and United Dynamics Aerospace and Defense will commemorate the state\u2019s seventh annual Oklahoma Women in Aviation &amp; Aerospace Day with an in-person luncheon at the 137th Special Operations Wing Oklahoma National Guard base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col-Eileen-Collins-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27102\" width=\"182\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col-Eileen-Collins-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col-Eileen-Collins-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col-Eileen-Collins-1-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><figcaption><em>Col. (Ret.) Eileen Collins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers and industry leaders will welcome honored guest\nCol. (Ret.) Eileen Collins, the Oklahoma Aviation and Aerospace Day Woman of\nthe Year, a former military instructor and test pilot and the first female\npilot and first female commander of a space shuttle. Collins is the author of\nthe book released in 2021: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of\nthe First American Woman to Command a Space Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees will enjoy a keynote address from Lt. Heather\n\u201cLucky\u201d Penney. Most widely recognized for her service on September 11, Penney\nwas part of the pioneering first wave of women who entered fighters directly\nfrom pilot training. Lucky was the first and only woman in the 121st Fighter\nSquadron during her time flying the F-16, conducting combat air patrols over\nWashington DC and deploying to combat twice. Penney is a defense policy expert\nat the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to enhance your experience with a\nsponsorship or would like to customize a package, contact Sandra Shelton at <a href=\"mailto:sshelton@oac.ok.gov\">sshelton@oac.ok.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of the significant impact women have made to aviation in Oklahoma and to industry, the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics in community partnership with the 137th Special Operations Wing, the Oklahoma National Guard, Will Rogers World Airport, the Oklahoma Air and Space Forces Association, the Oklahoma Defense Industry Association and United Dynamics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27103,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27101\/revisions\/27103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}