Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle receives her naval aviator Wings of Gold during a ceremony aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville. Swegle is the U.S.
Navy's first Black female tactical jet pilot and will proceed to graduate-level flight training with the "Viki KINGSVILLE, Texas - The US Navy awarded its first Black female tactical pilot with her "Wings of Gold" over the weekend.Lt.
j.g. Madeline Swegle received her wings along with 25 classmates in a small ceremony at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas on July 31 -- a moment the Navy said marked "a significant milestone for Naval Aviation."“I’m excited to have this opportunity to work harder and fly high performance jet aircraft in the fleet,” Swegle said. “It would’ve been nice to see someone who.