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Claire Thomas

Oct 10, 2026

6:16
What made you decide to join the Air Force? And what was your experience like as a Black woman in the Air Force?
6:23
I joined the Air Force to see the world.
6:26
And I say that loudly and proudly.
6:30
I joined the Air Force to get an education, of which neither happened.
6:36
The world that I saw when I joined was Little Rock, Arkansas.
6:42
So I spent two and a half years at Little Rock, Arkansas, in what they call missile maintenance.
6:51
So I was in the water treatment shop.

16 MINS LATER

22:45
And this was

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