Nevada Air National Guard gets first female instructor pilot

The Nevada Air National Guard has installed its first female flight instructor pilot.

Maj. Sarah Spy, a C-130 Hercules pilot for the 152nd Operations Group, finished instructor pilot school in May. She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that "it's kind of mind-blowing that there's still firsts to be had in women in aviation, but I got one."

Female representation among pilots remains stark. According to 2020 data from the Federal Aviation Administration, there's approximately 55,000 total female pilots in the U.S. out of roughly 653,000 pilots.

But it's only been since the early 1990s that Congress passed legislation for women to be able to fly in combat missions, Spy noted.

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