Soaring Meet Madeline Maddy Swegle, 1st Black woman US Navy tactical jet pilot

Lt. j.g. Madeline "Maddy" Swegle talks about what it took to become the U.S. Navy's first black female tactical jet pilot. She receive her Wings of Gold in a ceremony Friday, according to the military. The lieutenant junior grade and her classmates finished the Tactical Air Strike Aviator course for Training Squadron 21 at Naval Air Station-Kingsville in early July. “MAKING HISTORY!” The Navy tweeted in response. According to Stars and Stripes, Swegle is from Burke, Virginia, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2017. Navy officials said she is assigned to the Redhawks of Training Squadron 21. Swegle's milestone comes more than 45 years after Rosemary Mariner in 1974 became the first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, according to news outlets. Follow WHAS 11 on Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WHAS11 Twitter: https://twitter.com/WHAS11 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whas11/ Subscribe to WHAS 11 for exclusive content: /c/WHAS11News? s... Visit Site: https://www.whas11.com/

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