COLUMBIA, S.C.—Thirteen female Air Force Reservists have a special mission this week—fly several women who are pioneers in military aviation to what could be their last reunion in Texas.

Capt. Lyndsey Goodman and the all-female crew from Charleston Air Force Base are flying a C-17 transport to Georgia to pick up some of members of the group known as the Women Air Force Service Pilots, commonly known as “WASPs.”

The C-17 picked up the women Wednesday during a stopover at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. They will then fly on to Irving, Texas, where the reunion is scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, said Capt. Wayne Capps, spokesman for the South Carolina base.

Goodman met several of the pioneer aviators at a conference last year. She said she didn’t know exactly whom she might be flying, but that didn’t matter because they all helped pave the way for people like herself to be a military flyer.

The WASPs flew cargo missions, towed training targets, moved aircraft and did other noncombat activities to free up more male pilots for combat missions. There were 1,800 of them at the time. About 300 are sill living and 150 are expected at the reunion.