U.K. Royal Air Force

U.K. Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Michelle Goodman (see photo) has become the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. She was cited for an occasion in Iraq on June 1, 2007, when as captain of an Incident Reaction Team (IRT) Merlin helicopter, she flew into a dangerous area of Basra...

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