![Fernando Cortez carefully prepares the Women in the Air Force uniform exhibit to be cleaned. Cortez is the curator of the USAF Airman Heritage Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Fernando Cortez carefully prepares the Women in the Air Force uniform exhibit to be cleaned. Cortez is the curator of the USAF Airman Heritage Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M3T3YM/fernando-cortez-carefully-prepares-the-women-in-the-air-force-uniform-M3T3YM.jpg)
Fernando Cortez carefully prepares the Women in the Air Force uniform exhibit to be cleaned. Cortez is the curator of the USAF Airman Heritage Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kendall Steffen (right), 737th Training Squadron accounting technician, holds up the uniform donated to the Airmen Heritage Museum by Thomas Coons, senior master sergeant, retired, during a
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