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Navy to Honor First Female Fighter Pilot with Female-Piloted Flyover at Funeral
« on: February 01, 2019, 12:34:40 pm »
Navy to Honor First Female Fighter Pilot with Female-Piloted Flyover at Funeral
By: Megan Eckstein
January 30, 2019 12:45 PM • Updated: January 31, 2019 11:05 AM


This post has been updated to correct the name of Cmdr. Paige Blok, which was misspelled in an initial version of the Navy’s press release.

The Navy will say goodbye to its first female fighter pilot with its first all-female flyover, the service told USNI News on Wednesday.

Retired Capt. Rosemary Mariner, who served in the Navy from 1973 to 1997, had a career full of firsts: she was among the first women to earn her pilot wings in 1974, was the first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet in 1975, and was the first woman to command a naval aviation squadron in 1990, among others achievements.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/30/navy-honor-first-female-fighter-pilot-female-piloted-flyover-funeral
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Re: Navy to Honor First Female Fighter Pilot with Female-Piloted Flyover at Funeral
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2019, 06:10:42 pm »
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Re: Navy to Honor First Female Fighter Pilot with Female-Piloted Flyover at Funeral
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2019, 12:10:35 am »
Somebody correct me if I am wrong,but doesn't the Navy pretty much do that for any of their former pilots that die?
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Re: Navy to Honor First Female Fighter Pilot with Female-Piloted Flyover at Funeral
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2019, 12:29:26 am »
Quote from: sneakypete on February 02, 2019, 12:10:35 am
Somebody correct me if I am wrong,but doesn't the Navy pretty much do that for any of their former pilots that die?

This was still a first in that the Missing Man Salute was a Missing Woman Salute.
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