First Female Joins Blue Angels Flight Team

Blue Angels' first female pilot takes flight 
APRIL 10, 2015

When military aviation buffs pack into the Marine Corps Beaufort Air Show in South Carolina, they'll be wowed by the Navy's Blue Angels.

But a new kind of history will also take flight in the team: a woman in the cockpit. 

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Higgins is the first female pilot in the team's 69-year history.

Michelle Miller took to the sky to see how Higgins got her wings. go here for video