'They never expected it to succeed': Sweetwater WASP Museum celebrates 20 years honoring WWII pilots

'They never expected it to succeed': Sweetwater WASP Museum celebrates 20 years honoring WWII pilots

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Looking back in history to World War II, the Women Airforce Service Pilots were superheroes of aviation. They were the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft, and most of them trained in the Big Country, at Avenger Field in Nolan County. This year, the WASP Museum is celebrating 20 years of honoring these pioneers who blazed through the skies more than 80 years ago. Iowa veteran cycles 800+ miles to Sweetwate…