Woman behind the F/A-18's '*****in' Betty' voice retires

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When Shook’s voice announces it’s time to “Roll right!” or “Pull up!” — Marine and Navy pilots know her instructions need to be obeyed instantly.

For 20 years, Leslie Shook has kept F/A-18 pilots alive as the voice of the plane’s audio warning system, which pilots have affectionately nicknamed “*****in’ Betty.”

Shook, who recently retired from Boeing after working there for 35 years, said she is tickled that her voice is known to both pilots and aircrews as "*****in’ Betty."

“So much of my career has been spent either right in or right next to that predominantly male world for so long that I understand it for what it is,” she told Marine Corps Times. “I guess some folks might be offended by it. I never was. I knew it for what it was: A term of affection.”