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 ...
Exhibiting the forward fuselage of a Boeing 747 is a highlight of his long career at the National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum/Mark Avino First impressions matter.