CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Thirteen female Air Force pilots and
crew members from Charleston Air Force Base are flying to Texas to
honor the pioneer aviators from World War II known as WASPs.

Air Force officials say the special flight of a C-17 transport
jet will carry a group of the now-elderly female aviators from
Robins Air Force Base in Georgia to a special reunion in Irving,
Texas.

Air Force Reserve Capt. Lyndsey Goodman is a pilot on the
flight. Goodman says she met some of the WASP aviators last year,
and is honored to help bring them to what may be the final reunion
for the World War II veterans. The service of the Women Air Force
Service Pilots wasn't recognized officially until 1977. About 300
are still living and 150 are expected at the reunion.