First American Female Fighter Pilot Achieves Historic Air-to-Air Combat Victory
US Navy pilot from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 downs Houthi drone during nine-month deployment in the Red Sea.
- The unnamed pilot flew an F/A-18 Super Hornet off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- This marks the first air-to-air kill by an American female pilot in combat history.
- The squadron, known as the 'Flying Swordsmen,' completed over 1,500 combat missions.
- They engaged more than 460 Houthi targets and fired over 20 air-to-air missiles.
- The deployment included operations against ISIS and Houthi attacks on international shipping.
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