{"id":128064,"date":"2022-07-20T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=128064"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:19:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:19:00","slug":"newest-blue-angel-demonstration-pilot-is-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=128064","title":{"rendered":"Newest Blue Angel demonstration pilot is female"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Blue Angels, the Navy’s crack demonstration squadron, announced new pilot selection and chose Lt. Amanda Lee as their first female demonstration pilot. Previously Marine Maj. Katie Higgins flew Fat Albert, their C-130 transport, from 2014-2016.\u00a0\u00a0 Lt. Lee is prior enlisted, and was commissioned under the Seaman-to-Admiral commissioning program in 2013 and successfully became a pilot in 2016.<\/p>\n

Although hundreds of women have served with the Blue Angels in a variety of capacities over 55 years, Lt. Amanda Lee, of Mounds View, Minnesota, will be the first woman to serve as a demonstration pilot.<\/p>\n

Her successful enlisted career as an aviation electronics technician led to her selection into the Seaman-to-Admiral Commissioning Program. Lee earned her commission in August 2013 and was designated a naval aviator in April 2016 before being deployed to the USS Harry S. Truman in support of Dynamic Force Employment Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, as well as numerous exercises with NATO allies.<\/p>\n

New team members will report to the squadron in September for a two-month turnover period. Upon completion of the 2022 show season, which concludes in November with the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show at NAS Pensacola, the team will embark on a rigorous five-month training program at NAS Pensacola and Naval Air Facility El Centro, California.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pensacola New Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

Good on yer, young lady. Look forward to seeing you perform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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