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During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Jacqueline Cochran, a supervisory pilot during World War II.

During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Vernice Armour, who served as a helicopter pilot during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Judith Bruner, who served as one of the first female naval aviators in the 1970s and 1980s.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Dean Caswell, who served as a pilot during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Quentin Aanenson, who served as a fighter pilot during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Hugh L. Cox III, who served as an aviator during the Vietnam War and in peacetime.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Virgil Grissom, who served as a fighter pilot in Korea and was one of NASA’s first astronauts.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Joseph Charles Plumb Jr., who served as a pilot during Vietnam and was captured as a POW.

On his 100th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Clarence “Bud” Anderson, a World War II triple ace fighter pilot.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Bruce Melnick, a rescue and test pilot who later became a NASA astronaut.

This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran Leslie MacDill, the namesake of MacDill Air Force Base who is considered one of aviation’s early pioneers.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Jennifer Day, who flew in Operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch and Provide Promise.