Madeline Swegle (formerly Madeline Manhertz) is a
United States Naval Aviator
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. She is the U.S. Navy's first black female tactical jet pilot.
Career
Swegle is currently a
Lieutenant
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in the
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...
. She is from
Burke, Virginia
Burke is an unincorporated section of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, traditionally defined as the area served by the Burke post office (Zip Code 22015). Burke includes two census-designated places: the Burke CDP, population 42,312 in ...
.
She is a 2013 graduate of
Lake Braddock Secondary School
Lake Braddock Secondary School (LBSS) in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), is one of three 7-12 secondary schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County. The other two are Hayfield Seco ...
and a 2017 graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the sec ...
.
She participated in
track and field
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throughout her time in high school and college.
She reported to
VT-21
Training Squadron 21 (VT-21), known as the ''Redhawks'', is a U.S. Navy strike jet training squadron stationed aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas flying the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk, T-45C Goshawk. The Redhawks are one of four Unit ...
in
Kingsville, Texas
Kingsville is a city in the South Texas, southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County, Texas, Kleberg County. Located on the U.S. Route 77 in Texas, U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus C ...
to complete the Tactical Air Strike pilot training syllabus, which she completed on July 7, 2020, making her the first black female tactical jet pilot in the U.S. Navy.
See also
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History of the United States Navy
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List of women's firsts
This is a list of women's firsts noting the first time that a woman or women achieved a given historical feat. A shorthand phrase for this development is "breaking the gender barrier" or "breaking the glass ceiling." Other terms related to the ...
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Women in war
''Women in War'' is a 1940 American war film about the nurses of the British Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Battle of France. Directed by John H. Auer and starring Wendy Barrie, Elsie Janis and Patric Knowles, it was nominated for an Os ...
References
VFW Magazine February 2021 page 24
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Women United States Naval Aviators
United States Naval Aviators
African-American female military personnel
United States Naval Academy alumni
21st-century African-American women
African-American United States Navy personnel