Training and Workforce
Kansas Honors Pioneer WASP Veteran Nadine Ramsey
Among only 26 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to fly pursuit fighters
Sheree Utash said Ramsey refused to let convention define her future
Dr. Sheree Utash said Ramsey refused to let convention define her future. © Christopher Clark/NBAA

Nadine Ramsey, one of only 26 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to fly the Lockheed P-38 Lightning during World War II, was inducted posthumously into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame on November 10 at WSU Tech’s National Center for Aviation Training.

The Wichita native was one of the first two women to fly mail for the postal service and mastered the P-38 Lightning, ferrying military aircraft across the country. Recognition for the WASP wartime service did not arrive until decades afterward.

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