Navy Lt. j.g. Suzelle Thomas, the first woman in the service to go directly from flight school to the cockpit of an F-35C Lightning II, earned her Wings of Gold on Oct. 29 from NAS Meridian, Miss. While there are currently three women in the Navy who have transitioned from other aircraft to the F-35C, the Navy announced Nov. 7 that Thomas is the first to have her initial assignment be an F-35C squadron. Thomas, a 2018 U.S. Naval Academy graduate originally from Birmingham, Ala., is being assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 125 out of Naval Air Station LeMoore, Calif. Thomas was among eight Navy aviators, and an Italian navy aviator, to earn her wings last month from Training Squadron (VT) 7, (3) Facebook (Source: Navy Times 11/08/21) Navy selects first woman to go directly into flying the F-35C after earning her wings (navytimes.com)
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