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Meet the U.S. Air Force’s First Black Female Pilot
On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...
1st female military pilots remembered
Growing up, John Marsh did not fully grasp the significance of his mother’s role as a pilot serving in the military during ...
Sagar Parikrama IV: Meet the Navy's women sailors who led INSV Tarini to its first port of call
Onboard are two women officers—lieutenant commanders Dilna K and Roopa ... After Fremantle, the other stops are Lyttelton in ...
May Bradford remembered as first woman to hold dual commercial pilot, engineering licences
Amelia Earhart and Nancy Bird Walton were famous for their pioneering feats in the aviation industry. But Queensland-raised ...
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These Groundbreaking Pilots Made History 30 Years Ago as the First American Women to Fly Combat Missions
Launching from the deck of the USS Eisenhower, these women showed that being a good aviator has nothing to do with gender ...