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First Gulf War:
Lisa Erickson

Lisa Erickson, a jet engine mechanic at Kadena Air Force Base in
Okinawa, specialized in the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine that
went in the Air Force’s F-15 and F-16 planes. Though not in the
Gulf War, Erickson and her crew worked long hours prepping
engines to send to the Gulf and repairing the sand-clogged engines
that returned from there.