http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,1 ... irforce.nl
I never met her or knew her......yet I have known and do know many like her.
My condolences and my gratitude to her famly and friends, teamates, her Flight and Squadron, and all who knew her. May God ease and speed the end to their grief and pain.
I do not know if she wore the blue beanie and badge or not, not that it matters, judging from the squadron she was in.... She is still my sister.
Fly High and Sail On A1C Elizabeth Nicole Jacobson! Telling you now Thank You is meaningless ( and you would know how much that means if I could tell you in person )...but I will say Thank You anyway.
The following is a small excerpt from the article...
Elizabeth Nicole Jacobson, the first female U.S. airman killed in action in Iraq, was laid to rest Sunday in Pompano Beach.
Jacobson, 21, who once lived in Riviera Beach and had many relatives in Broward County, was killed Sept. 28 when a roadside bomb exploded near her convoy.
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Jacobson was assigned to the 17th Security Forces Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas. She had served in the Air Force for two years, and had been in Iraq for about three months.
Air Force spokesman Capt. Kevin Tuttle confirmed Jacobson was the first female airman killed in the Iraq conflict.
"She was a sparkplug that made the squadron go," said Col. Scott Bethel, also based in Texas.
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POW-MIA, YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!!! 
Sending Central Florida Prayers and Phin Power to South Florida...