Keywords: WASP Congressional Gold Medal.jpg en President Barack Obama signs S 614 in the Oval Office July 1 at the White House The bill awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforce Service Pilots The WASP program was established during World War II and from 1942 to 1943 more than 1 000 women joined flying 60 million miles of noncombat military missions Of the women who received their wings as Women Airforce Service Pilots approximately 300 are living today The women in this photo are Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Women ™s Airforce Service Pilots Elaine Danforth Harmon Lorraine Z Rodgers and Bernice Falk Haydu and active duty USAF pilots Colonel Dawn Dunlop Colonel Bobbi Doorenbos Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Wasik Major Kara Sandifur and Major Nicole Malachowski former Thunderbird pilot US Air Force Public Affairs http //www af mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/090701-f-0000s-001 jpg Pete Souza 2009-07-01 Lorraine Z Rodgers 2009 jpg PD-USGov Barack Obama in 2009 20090701 Barack Obama in the Oval Office 20090701 Barack Obama with military people 20090701 Congressional Gold Medal ceremonies History of the United States Air Force Photographs by Pete Souza 20090701 Women Airforce Service Pilots Ileana Ros-Lehtinen White House in 2009 July 2009 1 July Barack Obama signing legislation Sitting people Resolute desk Nicole Malachowski |