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Female pilot with a lifelong love of flight and distinguished racing career Margaret Ray Ringenberg, who died on 28 July, 2008, was an American aviator who flew for over 60 years and wracked up more than 40,000 hours in the air, including

First Female Fighter Squadron Commander Takes A-10 Unit Into Combat Wed, 28 Sep '05 "I Am Humbled To Be The First" The first female fighter squadron commander recently took her A-10 unit from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, into combat. Lt. Col. Martha McSally, 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, said she is privileged to serve in this role. "I am honored, like anyone would to be entrusted to command a combat fighter squadron, regardless of my gender," Colonel McSally said. "I realize I'm the first female given that opportunity, but that is only because most...