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Baby on board! Laughlin instructor pilot makes history with groundbreaking policy change
January 25, 2024 — Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, an 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, made history on Jan. 4, 2024, and became the first instructor pilot to fly with student pilots while pregnant at an Air Force pilot training base. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tabitha Letourneau, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, poses in front of a T-1A Jayhawk at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, January 9, 2024. Letourneau worked with the Women’s Initiative Team to invoke changes on the Air Force’s medical waiver guide, allowing her and other female instructor pilots to fly with unrated student pilots in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds)