Women in and out of Uniform

Zimbabwe's First Female Jet Fighter Pilot: Squadron Leader Angeline Bosha

https://newsx.tv/2020/04/23/angeline-bosha-im-zimbabwes-first-female-jet-fighter-pilot-bbc-africa/

Found on Facebook--

I think she's a celebrity backseater

Some great new footage from the F35 Demo Team. Display courtesy of Capt Kristin "Beo" Wulfe:

The Woman Behind Utah's F-35 Flyover:

Although Utahns couldn't see the pilots during the Utah Strong Flyover, Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe has an inspiring story to tell. F-35 Demo Team & 388th Fighter Wing Fly in the "Utah Strong" Flyover & Capt. Wolfe's lead F-35A as she flew over Logan & Brigham City, UT, in yesterday's 4-ship Flyover. The flyover served as a salute to all the frontline COVID-19 responders, as well as everyone working to flatten the curve.

Rear Adm. Richard Cheeseman, the commander of Carrier Strike Group 2, relieved Capt. Erica Hoffmann of command of Philippine Sea due to a loss of confidence in her ability to command, according to a Navy statement.
https://news.usni.org/2020/05/19/navy-r ... fuel-spill

But but she's a women, how could that be?

OLDie but a GOLDIe....
Flt. Lt. Joanne 'Jo' Mein (1971-) First female Roulette pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force's elite formation
aerobatic team pioneerwomen.com.au

"Flt. Lt. Joanne Mein, the RAAF Roulettes' first female member and the world's first woman to fly in a military precision flying team Joanne made her public debut over Brisbane on 6 August 1999."

PHOTOs: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/ ... 38_250.jpg
https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/d ... 311895.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/5746/2242 ... 65_o_d.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/636/22222 ... 22_o_d.jpg

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/mein.html 2 page PDF attached

i didnt scroll through all 80 pages but does anyone have pic of chubby/ obese females in and out of uniform ? thats my type

Air Force Fighter Pilot Capt. Melanie Ziebart Fly F-35B On Navy Marine Corps Warship

Female pilot flies home to Sunshine Coast after making history in fight against Islamic State
08 Jun 2020 Owen Jacques

"...[RAAF Flight Lieutenant Hayley Moulds] the first woman to have captained the RAAF's refuelling beast, designated as KC-30A....

Photo: "© Provided by ABC NEWSSunshine Coast RAAF Flight Lieutenant Hayley Moulds, the first woman to captain a refuelling KC-30A transport aircraft over the Middle East. (Supplied: Australian Defence Force)" http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tena ... 1440&y=514
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"© ABC NewsRAAF Flight Lieutenant Hayley Moulds says flying over the Middle East during the pandemic has been eerily quiet with many commercial flights grounded.(Supplied: Australian Defence Force)" http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tena ... =409&y=573

Source: http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia ... r-BB15aSH6

Female Airmen team up for historic launch
09 Jun 2020 Tech. Sgt. Melissa Harvey, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing

"...Capt. Emily "Banzai" Thompson, an F-35A Lightning II pilot, made history as she flew in combat, making her the first female to do so in that airframe.... It has taken Thompson time to get to this point in her career, which began as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot. After graduating college, she spent about a year and a half in pilot training for the F-16, completed a tour in that airframe, then went on to training for the F-35A, according to Thompson.

On the day of her first combat sortie, she had an all-female maintenance crew launch her off for the historic flight. Airman First Class Ashlin Randolph, a weapons load crew member, was one of a four-person team on duty for the historic launch...."

Photo: "U.S. Air Force Capt. Emily Thompson, 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, dons flight equipment recently at the Aircrew Flight Equipment shop on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Thompson is the first female to fly an F-35A Lightning II into combat. She is currently deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)" https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/08/2 ... 21-017.JPG (1.8Mb)

Source: https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/380th-A ... ic-launch/

Meet Air Force Reserve's First Female F-35 Pilot
13 Sep 2018 JSFmil

“Commander of the 419th Fighter Wing and the first female Air Force Reserve F-35 pilot, Col. Gina "Torch" Sabric. She says "a fighter pilot is a fighter pilot and everyone has to do the same job." As a reservist, she joins the ranks of three active duty female pilots who currently fly the jet.” https://www.jsf.mil/images/gallery/News ... orch-2.JPG

Personal Story PDF: http://www.jsf.mil/news/docs/20180914_M ... _Pilot.pdf (127Kb)

Source: https://www.jsf.mil/gallery/gal_photo_M ... _Pilot.htm

Taiwan's First Female IDF Fighter pilot to Fly Aerobatics Airshow
與中華民國首位IDF特技女飛官合影紀念
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10213673773398323

ARTICLES & PHOTOS: https://www.acc.af.mil/About-Us/Female-Aviators/ & Female Aviator Videos

https://www.acc.af.mil/portals/92/Femal ... %20v4a.jpg

First posted by 'jessmo112'

"Lieutenant J.G. Madeline Swegle's achievement comes 46 years after the Navy got its first female tactical jet pilot.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant J.G. Madeline Swegle has made history as her service's first-ever female African American tactical jet pilot. She is set to formally receive her gold wings at a ceremony later this month as a newly minted Naval Aviator.

News that Swegle had successfully completed the final stage of her Tactical Air (Strike) aviator training had first emerged on July 7, when a personal friend of the lieutenant, who goes by the Twitter handle @PaigeAlissa, Tweeted out about it. The Chief of Naval Air Training's (CNATRA) public affairs office has now confirmed that this is the case in its own Tweet...

...Swegle's achievement comes some 46 years after naval aviator Rosemary Mariner became the first woman in the Navy to fly tactical jets in 1974. Mariner, who eventually rose to the rank of captain and also became the first woman to assume command of an aviation squadron anywhere in the U.S. military, retired in 1997 and sadly passed away last year after a battle with cancer...."

Source: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3 ... -jet-pilot

First female African American Navy tactical jet pilot.

Fixed it for you. We've had female Naval Aviators since the 1970's, and women started flying operational Navy (and USMC) tactical jets in the early 1990s. But apparently she is the first African American woman to do so. That surprised me to be quite honest, but I also realized I couldn't think of a single one that I knew of previously when I thought about it. Pretty cool stuff, congrats to her on the wings as well!