Amanda Skidmore, foreground, daughter of Chris and Kim Skidmore of Butler, was the boom operator on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker that refueled a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft (known as an AWACS) in an all-female flight March 10. SUBMITTED PHOTO

In a high-flying salute to Women’s History Month, a Butler native was chosen to participate in an all-female refueling flight.

Amanda Skidmore, daughter of Chris and Kim Skidmore of Butler, was the boom operator on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker that refueled a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft (known as an AWACS) in flight March 10 in the sky over McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan.

The 20-member crew of the AWACS was all female as well, Skidmore said.

Skidmore, who graduated from Butler Area School District in 2011, where she lettered in softball and volleyball, joined the Air Force in 2015 after graduating from Fairmont State University in Fairmont, W.Va., with a degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing and a minor in graphic design.