The Navy announced Monday that Lt. Amanda Lee of Mounds View, Minn., will be the first woman demonstration pilot for the Blue Angels, the world’s second-oldest aerobatic team.
“We had an overwhelming number of applicants from all over the globe this year,” said Capt. Brian Kesselring, commanding officer and flight leader of the Blue Angels, which flies Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets. “We look forward to training our fantastic new team members, passing on the torch, and watching the incredible things this team will accomplish in 2023.”
Hundreds of women have served with the Blue Angels over the years, but Lee, a 2013 Old Dominion University graduate, is the first to fly a twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft for the delight of crowds. Marine Maj. Katie Cook became a Blue Angel pilot in 2015, flying an extended-range tanker known as “Fat Albert,” but she wasn’t part of the demonstration team, as Lee is.Lee and Lt. Cmdr.
Lee is currently assigned to the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron 106, which is stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. She will join the 24 other highly talented women serving on the team today, Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for the commander of Naval Air Forces, told The Washington Post.
Lee enlisted in the Navy in 2007 while attending the University of Minnesota and working at a UPS location, graduating from Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., according to theAs an enlistee, she served as an aviation electronics technician, a career path that led to her being selected into
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