First female Marine selected to fly the F-35C

1st Lt. Catherine Stark from Erie has been selected to fly the F-35C, she is the first female USMC pilot to do so.

KINGSVILLE, Texas (Aug. 2, 2019) – Marine 1st Lt. Catherine Stark celebrates after receiving her Wings of Gold during a ceremony aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville. Stark will continue to her assigned fleet replacement squadron (FRS) to fly the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Stark is the first Marine to be assigned to the Navy’s F-35C FRS. (U.S. Navy photo by Anne Owens/Released)190802-N-OT909-1195


According to Marine Corps Times, the first female Marine F-35B pilot is about to graduate as well.

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