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U.S. Navy’s only female Commissioned Flying Warrant Officer has retired

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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)

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