CPT Barbara Akins, first pilot, takes time for a meal while in flight aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women are flying the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marvin D. Lynchard
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
- 22 Akins Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive - GetArchive
- 365 Flight crew Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 203 Rhein main Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 551 Lajes field Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- C 141 medevac aircraft - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 551 Lajes field Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- CPT Barbara Akins, first pilot, takes time for a meal while in flight ...
- CPT Barbara Akins, first pilot, takes time for a meal while in flight ...
- CPT Barbara Akins, erste Pilotin, nimmt sich während ihres Fluges ...
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Date
11/05/1983
Location
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The U.S. National Archives
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