The U.S. Navy has its first Black female tactical jet pilot. Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle recently completed the service's Tactical Air (Strike) training program in the T-45C Goshawk, the Navy ...

But she kept her eyes on the prize and went on to shatter the glass ceiling when she became the first Black female pilot in the history of the U.S. Air Force in 1982.

In 1979 Lt. Col. (ret.) Marcella Hayes Ng became the nation’s first Black female military pilot when she graduated the Army’s flight school at Fort Rucker, Ala.

U.S. Navy's first Black female fighter pilot to receive her wings 01:23. Lieutenant Madeline Swegle, who made history as the U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical fighter pilot, received her ...

Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle will be the U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical fighter pilot. Swegle will receive her "wings of gold" later this month.

The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and instruct in the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker during her seven years on active duty and another ...

Air Force Col. Merryl Tengesdal started out in the Navy flying helicopters but ended up becoming the first Black woman to fly the Air Force’s U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane.

Meet Lt. j.g. Madeline Grace Swegle, the U.S. Navy's first Black female Tactical Air pilot, "winged" in mid-2020 by the Chief of Naval Air Training. A Virginia native, Swegle made history by ...

There are more than 48,000 pilots now serving in the U.S. military. Of those, only 72 identify as African American or Black. These women want to change that. “I want girls to look at me and say ...

But she kept her eyes on the prize and went on to shatter the glass ceiling when she became the first Black female pilot in the history of the U.S. Air Force in 1982.

Claiborne did not grow up thinking she would be a pilot, let alone the first Black woman to serve as a command pilot and instructor for the KC-135 aircraft. She did, however, grow up in a military ...