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Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905-1979) Louise Thaden, a close friend and competitor of Amelia Earhart, was the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy. Flying a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing with her copilot Blanche Noyes, Thaden captured the 1936 Bendix race from New York to Los Angeles with a flight that took 14 hours and 55 minutes.


Iris Thaden

Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905-1979) Louise Thaden, a close friend and competitor of Amelia Earhart, was the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy. Flying a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing with her copilot Blanche Noyes, Thaden captured the 1936 Bendix race from New York to Los Angeles with a flight that took 14 hours and 55 minutes.

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Airman 1st Class Hunter Nelson, 75th Security Forces Squadron, holds a folded U.S. flag in preparation for a retreat ceremony May 18 at Hill Air Force Base. Nelson, other 75th SFS members, Airmen and civilians honored fallen law enforcement officers as part of National Police Week activities. (U.S. Air Force/Todd Cromar)
Airman Quishauwn Gaines, 75th Security Forces Squadron, plays taps during a retreat ceremony May 18 at Hill Air Force Base. Gaines and fellow 75th SFS Airmen hosted a retreat ceremony honoring fallen peace officers during National Police Week activities. (U.S. Air Force/Todd Cromar)
Airman Colin Coffman, 75th Security Forces Squadron, salutes a wreath honoring fallen peace officers during a retreat ceremony May 18 at Hill Air Force Base. The 75th Security Forces Squadron Defenders Association hosted the ceremony as part of National Police Week activities. Also pictured are Airman 1st Class Latina Garcia and Airman 1st Class Hunter Nelson, both 75th SFS. (U.S. Air Force/Todd Cromar)
Special Agent Ryan Locklar, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 112, speaks during a retreat ceremony May 18 at Hill Air Force Base. The ceremony was part of National Police Week activities. (U.S. Air Force/Todd Cromar)
Airman 1st Class Latina Garcia and Airman 1st Class Hunter Nelson, both 75th Security Forces Squadron, unfurl the U.S. flag during a retreat ceremony May 18 at Hill Air Force Base. The ceremony honored fallen law enforcement officers as part of National Police Week activities. (U.S. Air Force/Todd Cromar)
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Chief Engineer Dr. Larry Butkus, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, speaks during the 14th annual Science, Engineering and Technical Management awards ceremony May 9 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Dr. Butkus spoke about short- and long-term technological developments, saying these innovations would not be possible without input, interaction and collaboration from Hill AFB employees. “I encourage you to continue to work with us as we advance technology for our Airmen, for our weapons systems, and for our nation follow,” he said. (U.S. Air Force/Paul Holcomb)
Senior Airman John Chubinsky, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, retrieves a part from the deployed parts kit during the F-35As first overseas deployment at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. A key objective for the maintainers was testing their “deployed spares package,” a kit of spare parts and tools that could “keep them healthy” and flying for weeks as they established an F-35A sustainment supply chain. (U.S. Air Force photo/Micah Garbarino)
Representatives from American Indian tribes and DOD agencies take part in a guided tour of Danger Cave, Wendover, Utah, April 28, 2017. The tour was part of an annual face-to-face meeting between DOD representatives and members of several American Indian tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by the DOD agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)
Representatives from American Indian tribes and DOD agencies pose for a photo at the Wendover Airfield Museum, Wendover, Utah, April 28, 2017. Utah DOD agencies hosted the annual face-to-face meeting with members of several American Indian Tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by the DOD agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)
Historic Wendover Museum Foundation President Jim Petersen shows representatives from American Indian tribes and DOD agencies a bomb loading pit at Wendover Airfield, Wendover, Utah, April 28, 2017. Utah Department of Defense agencies hosted an annual face-to-face meeting April 27-28 with members of several American Indian Tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by the DOD agencies. Primary hosts for this year’s meeting, which was held in the adjacent cities of West Wendover, Nev., and Wendover, Utah, were Dugway Proving Ground and the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. Hill Air Force Base, the Utah National Guard and Tooele Army Depot co-hosted the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)
Representatives from American Indian tribes and DOD agencies are briefed on RQ-7B Shadow operations during a tour of the Utah National Guard's Unmanned Aerial System hangar, Wendover, Utah, April 28, 2017. Utah Department of Defense agencies hosted an annual face-to-face meeting April 27-28 with members of several American Indian Tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by the DOD agencies. Primary hosts for this year’s meeting, which was held in the adjacent cities of West Wendover, Nev., and Wendover, Utah, were Dugway Proving Ground and the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. Hill Air Force Base, the Utah National Guard and Tooele Army Depot co-hosted the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)
Representatives from American Indian tribes and DOD agencies take part in a guided tour of Danger Cave, Wendover, Utah, April 28, 2017. The tour was part of an annual face-to-face meeting between DOD representatives and members of several American Indian tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by the DOD agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)