The United States Air Force Academy began admitting women during her junior year at Keene High School (Keene, New Hampshire), and Wilson applied and was appointed to the Academy. At the Academy, she was the first woman to command basic training and the first woman Vice Wing Commander.[7] She graduated in 1982 as a Distinguished Graduate (magna cum laude equivalent).[8] Although she had planned to go to flight school, Wilson earned a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford during the sixth year that women were permitted to apply and continued her education at Jesus College, University of Oxford, earning an M.Phil. and D.Phil. in international relations by 1985.[8]
No combat (or even flight) experience. She's an academic.
Jus' sayin'.
It’s what she is that counts these days.
Better than the sodomite formerly Secretary of the the Army.
Don’t shortchange her. The Rhodes scholarship is for a Master’s degree (two years allocated) and only rarely are asked by the Rhodes Committee to continue for the D Phil.
She is really sharp, believe me. She was at Oxford with Lt Gen Michelle Johnson (who is currently Superintendent of the USAF Academy) and are very capable of handling very tough situations.
Don't sell her short. Read a bit further down that Wikipedia listing:
Wilson is an instrument rated private pilot.
What's your point?
Jees.
Read her actual relevant Bio here. Then tell us one more time how unimpressive she is.
She was a moderate Repub (read RINO) but not an in-your-face type when representing her district in New Mexico. She quietly went about her business. That’s not a defense of her politics nor is it an attack.
Final point: I will not hold Heather Wilson accountable if she doesn’t personally crusade against political correctness in the Air Force, that is, accountable for not singlehandedly crusading to turn back the clock on a thing that has become entrenched in politics and culture no thanks to her or any one person.
It’s going to take far more that goes far beyond where even a visionary can see, in order to reverse this mindless control over culture and values that has destroyed the basics of our once great civilization.
She is a NM liberal Republican, not conservative.
According to Wikipedia, "Wilson is an instrument rated private pilot."