Necessary Turbulence: Fifty Years, One Unbreakable Sisterhood Forged in the Crucible of the Air Forc
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Tickets for this event are $5 general admission or book purchase.
Join us for a panel discussion of decorated officers and contributing authors for Necessary Turbulence: Fifty Years, One Unbreakable Sisterhood Forged in the Crucible of the Air Force Academy. Our guest speakers are all graduates from the U.S. Air Force Academy, classes 1991–2006, who have served their country as doctors, professors, and pilots. They are now local leaders in medicine, consultancy, higher education, commercial aviation, and nonprofit work, as well as passionate volunteers deeply invested in our Central Oregon community. It’s a chance to learn, connect, and hear about their unique experiences stemming from a shared sisterhood.
For fifty years, an extraordinary story has been hiding in plain sight.
This book is carried by the lives of 108 women.
They did not move through history together.
They did not follow the same paths.
They did not arrive at the same destinations.
What connects them is not outcome or identity, but a shared beginning—and a shared willingness to shoulder commitment and duty early, then carry it forward across a lifetime of leadership.
Theirs is the definitive account of fifty years that changed everything.
Necessary Turbulence is a collective narrative of women who came of age inside systems that were not built for them and learned, in real time, how to live, lead, and redefine themselves anyway. In 1976, 157 young women marched beneath the words "Bring Me Men" at the top of a ramp leading into a world that had never imagined them. They, and the more than 12,000 who followed, faced a contentious culture, inadequate facilities, and a system designed to break them. Told they were destroying standards and would never graduate, more than 7,000 women proved them wrong.
Drawn from 108 voices across five decades, this narrative traces what it meant to begin without a roadmap: to enter environments where expectations were unclear, belonging was not guaranteed, and the cost of getting it wrong was high. It chronicles women learning to navigate pressure, claim authority, and build lives of consequence.
Panelists include:
Lt Col Carlene Perry, USAF (Retired)
Lt Col Torree McGowan, USAF Medical Corps (Retired)
Lt Col Lisa (Jorgensen) Christensen, USAF (Retired)
Captain Kristin (Hamlett) Berg, USAF (Veteran)
Lt Col MaxieJane Frazier, USAF (Retired)
Join us for a panel discussion of decorated officers and contributing authors for Necessary Turbulence: Fifty Years, One Unbreakable Sisterhood Forged in the Crucible of the Air Force Academy. Our guest speakers are all graduates from the U.S. Air Force Academy, classes 1991–2006, who have served their country as doctors, professors, and pilots. They are now local leaders in medicine, consultancy, higher education, commercial aviation, and nonprofit work, as well as passionate volunteers deeply invested in our Central Oregon community. It’s a chance to learn, connect, and hear about their unique experiences stemming from a shared sisterhood.
For fifty years, an extraordinary story has been hiding in plain sight.
This book is carried by the lives of 108 women.
They did not move through history together.
They did not follow the same paths.
They did not arrive at the same destinations.
What connects them is not outcome or identity, but a shared beginning—and a shared willingness to shoulder commitment and duty early, then carry it forward across a lifetime of leadership.
Theirs is the definitive account of fifty years that changed everything.
Necessary Turbulence is a collective narrative of women who came of age inside systems that were not built for them and learned, in real time, how to live, lead, and redefine themselves anyway. In 1976, 157 young women marched beneath the words "Bring Me Men" at the top of a ramp leading into a world that had never imagined them. They, and the more than 12,000 who followed, faced a contentious culture, inadequate facilities, and a system designed to break them. Told they were destroying standards and would never graduate, more than 7,000 women proved them wrong.
Drawn from 108 voices across five decades, this narrative traces what it meant to begin without a roadmap: to enter environments where expectations were unclear, belonging was not guaranteed, and the cost of getting it wrong was high. It chronicles women learning to navigate pressure, claim authority, and build lives of consequence.
Panelists include:
Lt Col Carlene Perry, USAF (Retired)
Lt Col Torree McGowan, USAF Medical Corps (Retired)
Lt Col Lisa (Jorgensen) Christensen, USAF (Retired)
Captain Kristin (Hamlett) Berg, USAF (Veteran)
Lt Col MaxieJane Frazier, USAF (Retired)
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