80's Ladies and Beyond

In this episode of 80's Ladies & Beyond, hosts Diane Juhas and Dr. Allison Hickey welcome power couple Theresa "Terri" Meyer and Steve Meyer to share their incredible journeys of service, leadership, and aviation excellence. Terri, a military child who moved from Michigan to Germany, Japan, and Texas, brought her global perspective straight to the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduating with a degr...

Breaking Barriers at the Academy: In this powerful episode of 80's Ladies & Beyond, co-hosts Diane Juhas and Dr. Allison Hickey sit down with two extraordinary trailblazers who changed the landscape of military history: Dr. Beverly Turman Handy (Class of 1980) and Michelle Eady Murry (Class of 1981). As part of the very first waves of women allowed into the nation's military service academies,...

On June 28, 1976, 157 women stepped onto the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy as part of the Class of 1980, with 97 ultimately making history to graduate. In this episode of the 80's Ladies & Beyond podcast, we talk with two of those original trailblazers, Peggy Dennis Carnahan and Margie Clark Varuska, as they pull back the curtain on their entire four-year journey. From the challenges of...

Before the class of 1980 arrived at the Air Force Academy, a select group of women came first to serve as the role models, mentors, and trainers for USAFA's very first female cadets. In this episode, we hear the groundbreaking stories of two original Air Training Officers (ATOs) Lt. Gen. Terry Walter Gabreski (Ret.) and Lt Col Virginia Procino Hartmann (Ret.) who paved the way for generations of f...

Fifty years ago, on June 28, 1976, history changed forever when the first wave of female cadets stepped onto campus. Now, a half-century later, your hosts Diane Juhas and Dr. Allison Hickey (both proud members of the USAFA Class of 1980) are on a mission to preserve these groundbreaking women's stories. In this kickoff episode, Diane and Allison take you back in time to explore the history, the cu...

Welcome to 80's Ladies and Beyond. This trailer introduces the format of our show and offers a preview of our upcoming episodes.