Lt. Amy Blades-Langjahr, only female Flying Chief Warrant Officer ever commissioned in the U.S. Navy, has retired.
200802-N-NH257-2056 ARABIAN SEA (August 2, 2020) Aircraft shooter Lt. Amy Blades-Langjahr from Casper, Wyo., test fires a catapult in the bow bubble on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz, the flagship of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/Released)
She was the only female in the Flying Chief Warrant Officer program, which ran from 2006 to 2014. The program allows sailors between the paygrades of E-5 and E-7 to be commission as Chief Warrant Officers and become Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers (NFO).
Blades-Langjahr’s first assignment as NFO was at VQ-2.
