In the fifty years since, Naval Aviation has expanded its roles for women to lead and serve globally. Today, our women aviators project power from the sea and in every type, model, and...

2022年3月3日 · U.S. Navy Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first female officer to command a carrier, rose through the ranks as a pilot and achieved many goals denied to generations of women.

2022年1月5日 · Navy helicopter pilot, Captain Amy Bauernschmidt, became the first woman to command a Navy aircraft carrier. —Kati Engel, NHHC Communication and Outreach Division, February 2023

Two significant milestones in naval aviation were marked this year: 50 years of women aviators and 30 years since Congress repealed the combat exclusion laws. It has been a challenging, culture-changing journey. Women now fly unrestricted in all services. The 1970s presented our country with challenges.

2019年1月31日 · During Mariner’s funeral on Saturday the U.S. Navy will perform its first all-female flyover, to honor not only her achievements but also her work as an educator and mentor – to female pilots in particular – during and after her naval career.

2023年6月22日 · Today, women aviators project power from the sea and in every type, model and series aircraft. They fly and fight in all strike missions, hunt submarines, protect the integrity of the nuclear...

Many women have served in the United States Navy for over a century. As of 2020, there were 69,629 total women on active duty in the US Navy, with 11,076 serving as officers, and 58,553 enlisted.

(HT-8) Became the Navy’s first female African American helicopter pilot. May 22, 1991: The House Armed Services Committee voted to allow women to fly combat missions in Air Force, Navy, and...

2023 marks a significant milestone in U.S. Navy history and in Naval Aviation: 50 years of women flying in the Navy. In 1973, the first eight women began flight school in Pensacola, Fla.,...

2024年3月1日 · The same year a woman became chief of naval operations, the Navy marked 50 years of women serving as naval aviators. Careers in naval aviation opened to women in 1973 with the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, which allowed women to …