First female F-35 test pilot Posted on January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 by alert5 Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st Flight Test Squadron, became the first female F-35 developmental test pilot on Dec. 14. U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit She flew her first F-35 flight test mission at Edwards Air Force Base. Source Related posts (Automatically Generated): First female F-22 pilot chosen to command wing U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first female F-35 pilot First female CV-22 pilot completes training UAE’s first woman fighter pilot Former USN SH-60B pilot is now the USAF’s only black female U-2 pilot Canada’s first female C-17 pilot