Women Cadettes Take Flight

From the September 1956 University of Omaha Alumni Newsletter

 

OU is Pioneer in Coed AF-ROTC Program;

Women's Cadette Corps Begins This Month

 

This month your University becomes one of 10 in the nation to initiate the Air Force ROTC Cadette (women's) "Pilot Program."

 

Enrolling on a voluntary basis, women students will assume military responsibilities on a co-educational basis. Qualified coeds will be commissioned second lieutenants in the Air Force Reserve upon graduation, and will serve three years active duty.

 

Special uniforms and salary are planned for the women reservists during their college training.

 

Other universities selected for the Cadette program include Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind.; University of Maryland, College Park; Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

 

Completing the list are Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Florida, Gainesville, and the University of Texas, Austin.