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She was selected in June 2022 as the first female fighter jet pilot in the elite Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Lee made her debut as the Left Wing demo pilot in the number three jet on March 11, 2023, in El Centro, California, and is currently the Slot Pilot in the number four jet.
In 2015, she became the first female Blue Angels pilot, [2] and flew the Blue Angels’ C-130 transport plane Fat Albert for two seasons. [3] Her first show with the Blue Angels demonstration team was in El Centro, California, in March 2015. [4] Then known as Marine Captain Katie Higgins, she made her Blue Angels debut at the age of 28. [5]
Major Curran was participating in the Operation America Strong flyovers the Thunderbirds did with the Blue Angels, the demonstration squadron of the United States Navy, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Curran was the only female pilot flying with the squadron when she served, and the fifth female pilot in the squadron overall. [7] [2]
In a blue and yellow Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, U.S. Navy Lt. Amanda Lee, the first female pilot for the Navy’s elite Blue Angels, roared into New Century AirCenter on Thursday, ahead of this ...
The first female jet pilot in the squadron will be performing in the show, which includes on-the-ground exhibits and aerial demonstrations. Blue Angels have touched down in Beaufort. Show features ...
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The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. [1] Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, following the Patrouille de France which formed in 1931.
For the first time in its 76-year history, the Navy’s famed Blue Angels aerial demonstration team will feature a female pilot. The Navy on Monday named Lt.