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Kara S. Hultgreen [1] (October 5, 1965 – October 25, 1994) was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. [2]
Amanda Lee (born c. 1986) is a naval aviator in the United States Navy.She was selected in June 2022 as the first female fighter jet pilot in the elite Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.
Micky Axton (1919–2010), one of the first three Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) to be trained as a test pilot; first woman to fly a B-29; Lilian Bland flying the Mayfly in 1911. She built the aircraft herself to become the first woman to fly in Ireland. Asli Hassan Abade, First African female fighter jet pilot. A prominent Somali Air ...
Lt. Madeline Swegle is making history as she's set to become the first Black female fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. The chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) announced the news on Twitter on ...
The first air-to-air victory by a female pilot comes 30 years after Lt. Kara Hultgreen became the first carrier-based female fighter pilot in the Navy, flying the F-14 Tomcat off the USS Abraham ...
Mette Grøtteland is the first woman fighter pilot in the Royal Norwegian Air Force after qualifying to fly the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. [203] A close up of 1st Lt. Jeannie Flynn, the first F-15E female pilot, sits in the cockpit as she performs engine star. Veronica Foy becomes the first woman pilot of Malawi. [204]
Lieutenant Madeline Swegle, who made history as the U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical fighter pilot, will receive her Wings of Gold on Friday. The Virginia native celebrated her historic ...
Tammie Jo Shults (born Bonnell; born November 2, 1961) is an American retired commercial airline captain, author, and former naval aviator.She was one of the first female fighter pilots to serve in the United States Navy.