http://operationfifinella.org Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:35:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Wednesday, July 1, President Obama signed bill S.614 to award the Congressional Medal of Honeor to the WASP.  This is long overdue recognition of their service to our country and well deserved.  Congratulations ladies!  Bee Haydu was there for the signing along with Elaine Danforth Harmon, Lorraine H. Rodgers ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=341 This post is dedicated to our friend, Cindy Jes Wiesner.  Not only was she a daughter of a WASP, she was so enthusiastic about it we caught the excitement as if we were daughters of WASP ourselves.  In fact, I often find myself wishing that I was related somehow... ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=329 Just a brief follow-up.  I will be keeping this site, Operation Fifinella, running until the end of time. I love these women and everything they represent (esp. as a woman myself).  Their courage, determination and strength are a real inspiration.  I am honored to have met so many of these women ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=318 In case you haven't heard - Operation Fifinella and the WASP have received both local and national attention!  Here's just few of the articles and news clips...Enjoy! Ft. Worth Star Telegram CBS - Ft. Worth CNN Big Country - KTAB News Dyess Air Force Base Sweetwater Reporter http://operationfifinella.org/?p=282 Just before 8 am this morning, September 25th, 2008 - 42 WASP and their escorts arrived at Alliance Airport....eager, excited, and happy to be going back! After unloading from the buses, everyone found their airplanes and got all set to go up in the air. Each WASP had an escort ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=280 We arrived in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday to finish preparation for Operation Fifinella. We (Lana, Susan, and I) headed out early Wednesday morning to fly from Alliance airport to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The mission - to get everything ready for the WASP arrival on the 25th. ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=275 To all WASP and Volunteer Pilots: We are finishing up the WASP/aircraft assignments today. This information will be mailed to the WASP no later than Saturday. We would like to thank Lana Kraeszig for spearheading the pilot recruitment efforts. She has done an incredible job and we give her a BIG THANKS for ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=227 We're at 30 WASP participating in this event.  We've heard from many others who will not be able to make, but will be flying with us in spirit.  Everyone is so excited about how the event is coming together and we've received such a positive response from WASP, Kids of ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=196 What an exciting time! We now have 26 WASP, we've added 2 more since the last post and 1 had to back out due to health reasons...I'm she will be flying with us in spirit! We've also added several more pilots and planes, including a DC3 and a B25!  We also have ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=97 The response has been overwhelming so we have extended the deadline! We have 25 WASP signed up and ready to fly on this exciting mission! We also have 10 pilots who have volunteered themselves and their planes to participate in this historic event - flying a WASP into ... http://operationfifinella.org/?p=70