I went to Louisiana to begin my cadet pilot training, but after a few months I asked to be transferred and went to Florida to gunnery school on a B-24 (bomber).

Hayward joined the Army Air Force as an Aviation Cadet in early 1942 and completed B-25 pilot training in March of 1943.

Rebel X-wing pilot who flew at the Battle of Endor, she was a top cadet at the Academy, and joined the Alliance after she learned Alderaan was destroyed by the Empire.