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​WE REFLECT ON OUR NAVAL AVIATION HISTORY AND PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL OUR WOMEN NAVAL AVIATORS.

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IN MARCH 1973, THE FIRST GROUP OF WOMEN BEGAN U.S.NAVY FLIGHT TRAINING IN PENSACOLA, FL. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE GROUP WHO WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS "THE FIRST SIX" WOULD EARN THEIR WINGS OF GOLD.TODAY, OUR WOMEN AVIATORS PROJECT POWER FROM THE SEA IN EVERY TYPE, MODEL, AND SERIES AIRCRAFT. THEY FLY AND FIGHT IN ALL STRIKE MISSIONS, HUNT SUBMARINES, PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NUCLEAR TRIAD, SUPPLY ESSENTIAL CARGO AND PERSONNEL TO EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE, AND RESCUE THOSE IN DISTRESS AT SEA AND ASHORE. THEY COMMAND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, CARRIER AIR WINGS, SQUADRONS, AND MISSIONS TO SPACE.