Retired Colonels Kelly Hamilton and Katherine Bacon both attended the 15th anniversary celebration of Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 2012.

Hamilton was the pilot and Bacon was the navigator for the Air Force's first all-women flight in 1982.

Hamilton and Bacon saw each other for the first time since 1985.

U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee