Col. Olga Custodio, the Air Force’s first Hispanic female pilot. “I don’t understand why eliminating history is going to make a difference,” said Custodio, 72, of San Antonio.

president of the Montana Pilots Association’s Mission Valley Hangar, is a member of Recreation Aviation Foundation and is an advisor to Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s ALERT air ambulance.

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