Sandra M. Scott is a former United States Air Force (USAF) officer.
In 1970, she joined the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, (AFROTC).
[2][1] After commissioning she trained at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida as a weapons controller.
The ten women's initial pilot training was in T-41 airplanes at Hondo Air Base, San Antonio, Texas and Williams AFB, Arizona.
[3] Scott's first flight assignment was to Mather Air Force Base, California piloting a KC-135 Stratotanker, flying air-to-air refueling missions, and performing alert duty as part of Strategic Air Command (SAC).