Air Force ROTC Cadet Pursues Dream Career as Pilot, Uses Height Waiver Process
November 23, 2019
November 23, 2019
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news:
Ever since Mary Tighe, a 21-year-old from New York, was a child, she dreamed of following in her father's and grandfather's footsteps to become an Air Force pilot.
Even though women have been Air Force pilots since the 1970s, Tighe's 5 feet, 1 inch stature could have stood in her way. Tighe, however, never thought of the 5-feet-4-inch height standard as an eli . . .
Ever since Mary Tighe, a 21-year-old from New York, was a child, she dreamed of following in her father's and grandfather's footsteps to become an Air Force pilot.
Even though women have been Air Force pilots since the 1970s, Tighe's 5 feet, 1 inch stature could have stood in her way. Tighe, however, never thought of the 5-feet-4-inch height standard as an eli . . .