On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...
12, 2018. US Air Force Photo The Air Force’s current air dominance fighter, the F-22 Raptor, entered service in 2005. Prime contractor Lockheed Martin designed the F-22 with a suite of advanced ...