Swegle Makes History As U.S. Navyβs 1st Afro-American Fighter Pilot
July 11, 2020
10:57 am
American Navy has graduated its first African-American female strike fighter pilot. She is Madeline Swegle, a Virginia native from Burke.
She will receive her Wings of Gold on July 31, according to Naval Air Training Command.
Swegle first graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2017, according to Stars and Stripes.
She completed her tactical air pilot training syllabus at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, this week, qualifying her to fly F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, among others.
Madeline Swegle
Rosemary Mariner was the first woman in the Navy to fly tactical jets in 1974 as …
