Kathy La Sauce didn’t blaze trails during her 20-year Air Force career. She scorched them.
She joined the Air Force in 1972, after receiving one of only two Officer Training School slots for the Long Island, New York area.
“When I graduated from college, I wanted my life to matter so I looked at joining the Air Force,” La Sauce said. “Fortunately, the Air Force had just increased the number of women that would be allowed to serve, and it opened up some of the nontraditional career fields.”
Her next stop was Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, where she became part of the first maintenance officer class to include women.
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Kathy La Sauce didn’t blaze trails during her 20-year Air Force career. She scorched them.
She joined the Air Force in 1972, after receiving one of only two Officer Training School slots for the Long Island, New York area.
“When I graduated from college, I wanted my life to matter so I looked at joining the Air Force,” La Sauce said. “Fortunately, the Air Force had just increased the number of women that would be allowed to serve, and it opened up some of the nontraditional career fields.”
Her next stop was Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, where she became part of the first maintenance officer class to include women.