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- Flying high. In January 1993, Jeannie Leavitt graduated from Air Force pilot training. Just over a year earlier, Congress had changed the law to allow women to serve in combat in the military—but in practice, the Department of Defense hadn't caught up.
When she graduated from training, Leavitt had to rank the types of aircraft she was interested in flying; she wanted to fly a fighter aircraft, which was considered a combat assignment. Leavitt knew that one day—whether it was weeks, months, or years away—the Department of Defense would have to begin complying with Congress's mandate to allow women to serve in combat. She just didn't know when.
