Long Ranger chosen as Student Veterans of America delegate
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ivett Placios Mendoza, assigned to the 307th Force Support Squadron, poses for a photo with retired U.S. Air Force Col. Merryl Tengesdal, a former U-2 Dragon Lady pilot, and Jared Lyon, Student Veterans of America president, at the Student Veterans of America National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 6, 2023. Placios-Mendoza said she felt inspired by the speech that Tengesdal, the only black female U-2 pilot to date, gave at the event. (courtesy photo)