It appears San Diego Union Tribune can't use their own records when they reported the "first woman to wear Blue Angels" back in 2010 and it was Navy Lt. Cmdr. Amy Redditt Tomlinson
First woman to wear Blue Angels number
San Diego Union Tribune
By Jeanette Steele
Sept. 30, 2010
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Amy Redditt Tomlinson, Blue Angels No. 8, grew up knowing how to pronounce Batiquitos Lagoon and where to find the best North County surf breaks.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Amy Tomlinson — U.S. Navy
She was a Carlsbad girl and a 1996 graduate of San Dieguito High School.
She’s also the first woman ever to wear a Blue Angels number, one of eight coveted positions on the Navy’s elite flying team.
Just no words other than WTF were they thinking?
Marine woman flies Blue Angels to new heights
First female pilot on team performs this weekend at Miramar Air Show
San Diego Union Tribune
By Gretel C. Kovach
Oct. 1, 2015
Higgins downplays her fame as the “Lady Blue Angel.”
“I wouldn’t say I’m a celebrity. No way. I’m a Marine,” she said in an interview before the San Diego show.
Marine Capt. Katie Higginsis the first female pilot with the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, or Blue Angels. The Severna Park, Md., native, is now the newest pilot of "Fat Albert," a C-130 Hercules flown by the Blue Angels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Olivia G. Ortiz/Released)
Becoming the first woman to perform as a Blue Angels pilot has definitely been a high point for Capt. Katie Higgins. It is an honor to wear the famous blue and gold flight suit, she said, but it might surprise some people to learn that it hasn’t been the pinnacle of her career as a Marine aviator.
Higgins will be sitting in the left seat of the cockpit this weekend when she makes her debut at the Miramar Air Show, serving as flight commander of the team’s “Fat Albert” C-130 support plane. During more than 50 performances across the country so far this year, she has been mobbed by fans who appreciate how she #flieslikeagirl with the Blue Angels.
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Thunderbirds were ahead of the Blue Angels back in 2005
Capt. Nicole "Fifi" Malachowski at a deployed location in Southwest Asia. She's the first female demonstration pilot on a U.S. military high performance jet team, the Thunderbirds. [USAF photo ]
June 17, 2005 (by Lieven Dewitte) - The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron,"Thunderbirds," have announced their new pilots for the 2006 demonstration season which includes the first female demonstration pilot in the 52 year history of the Thunderbirds.
Hey, I just came across this article. I don't think the UT got it wrong because dial the LCDR was the first in the uniform, although she is an NFO. The Marine is the first pilot.
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