WOMEN F-16 PILOTS

edpop · by **edpop** » 03 May 2018, 00:48

What do all these women have in common?

Are they all keepers? Bless all of them!

They are all US Air Force F-16 pilots.

Hard to picture them at the O-Club bar, drinking straight whiskey,

smoking cigars and telling raunchy jokes.

Boman · by **Boman** » 03 May 2018, 17:09

I wouldn't mind seeing them in the bar - I'd think they'd blow your socks off

huggy · by **huggy** » 04 May 2018, 08:39

One of them in the picture went on to fly the U-2, and was one of the best pilots I've flown with.

rpwalle · by **rpwalle** » 21 Aug 2018, 16:04

edpop wrote:What do all these women have in common?

Are they all keepers? Bless all of them!

They are all US Air Force F-16 pilots.

Hard to picture them at the O-Club bar, drinking straight whiskey,

smoking cigars and telling raunchy jokes.

Hey edpop. Do you have any additional info on where this photo came from and its validity? I have seen this on the internet with different references. I noticed the photo is dated 2007. Given there are only 50 female fighter pilots (and not all are F16) in the AF now it would be hard to believe there were that many in 2007. That said just looking to verify the authenticity of the photo. Any background info would be appreciated. Thanks!

icemaverick · by **icemaverick** » 24 Aug 2018, 23:45

The brunette in the front with the pink top was in a documentary about the F-15. I don’t remember the name but it’s on YouTube and seemed to be from the late 90s early 2000s. In that documentary she was listed as an F-15 pilot. I guess it’s possible that she switched over to F-16s later.

neurotech · by **neurotech** » 25 Aug 2018, 02:33

icemaverick wrote:The brunette in the front with the pink top was in a documentary about the F-15. I don’t remember the name but it’s on YouTube and seemed to be from the late 90s early 2000s. In that documentary she was listed as an F-15 pilot. I guess it’s possible that she switched over to F-16s later.

Purple top? That looks like LtCol (Ret) Christine 'Grinder' Mau, but not 100% sure. She flew F-15Es, then F-35s for the USAF and now LM. She may have flown F-16s at some point, perhaps on her way to flying F-35s.

Also, It's possible not all of the women pictured currently fly F-16s, or still in the USAF.