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U.S. Navy's first Black female fighter pilot gets her wings
Lieutenant Madeline Swegle, who made history as the U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical fighter pilot, received her Wings of Gold on Friday. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I remember the whirlwind of news articles about me when I got my Navy Wings back in 1971 since I was the first in my family to become a pilot and get those Wings of Gold! Wait, that didn't happen. I was just some white kid from Georgia! Oh well congrats to one of the newest Naval Aviators!
For discussion's sake, the clock would start ticking with Congress allowing women combat roles including fighter and bomber aircraft starting in 1993. Jeannie Flynn Leavitt was the first fighter pilot. Shawna Kimbrell became the USAF's first black female fighter pilot in 2000. Stayce Harris is the USAF's first female 3-star general. I'm sure one day there will a black female combat aircraft wing commander (F-16, F-15, or F-22). Come a long way, still a ways to go.
Why is it important to mention the color of her skin??
GOOD FOR HER!!! HUZZAH!!!
Congratulations, I would say please leave her alone, all the fuss is not doing her any good. My son is not even allowed to become an officer in the Army because his dad is a foreigner. Yet he passed and made it to become a first officer in the national airline carrier of the country of his mother where he was born and raised. He has my foreign family name. My guess was that he would be not even pass the first of 9 exams because of his name, but he made it. By the way that airline does not allow female pilots to apply :( Feel sorry for some of his classmates, told them they should not accept this as it is against the law.
BRAVO ZULU SHIPMATE!!!!!! Don't let any of the naysayers drag you down! No matter what they say!!! If you're the first, then you're the first!!! WOOOYAAAAA!!