Main content
America's first woman combat pilot
How Jeannie Leavitt became the first woman to fly a US Air Force fighter plane in 1993.
In 1993, Jeannie Leavitt became the first woman to fly a US Air Force fighter plane after the Pentagon lifted its ban on female pilots engaging in combat. After hundreds of F15 missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, Leavitt went on to become the first woman to command a fighter unit. She talks to May Cameron.
PHOTO: Major-General Jeannie Leavitt in a recent picture (US Department of Defence)
Last on
Wed 26 Aug 2020
02:50GMT
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
More episodes
Next
Broadcasts
- Tue 25 Aug 2020 07:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Tue 25 Aug 2020 11:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Tue 25 Aug 2020 17:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Wed 26 Aug 2020 02:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
Podcast
-
![]()
Witness History
History as told by the people who were there
