WASP Legacy Honored at Texas Event

Remembering the groundbreaking female pilots who shaped U.S. history in WWII.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, April 28, 2023 at 12:51 PM ET

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Three WASP at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. [Courtesy: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]

Key Takeaways:

The National WASP World War II Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, is hosting its "Journey to the Stars" Homecoming on April 28-29 to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and women who followed them into military flying.
The event will feature WWII era aircraft displays, storytelling, remembrance ceremonies for WASP, and a hangar dance, expecting attendance from WASP relatives and women military aviators.
The WASP served as crucial civilian contractors during WWII, performing non-combat flight duties, and were later granted military status in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

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Not all homecoming celebrations happen in the fall. The weekend of April 28-29, the WASP Homecoming is being held at the National WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) World War II Museum, located in Sweetwater, Texas.

The event is billed as Journey to the Stars and is intended to honor the WASP and to recognize the women who followed them into military flying and celebrate 30 years of women flying in service to their country.