Lucy Young

Lucy Young is an American naval officer. In 1980 she became the first woman to qualify in Naval Air Combat Maneuvering. After that, she persevered and finally became an ACM instructor. At that time, female aviators were barred from combat duty stations.

Females had first been allowed to fly military aircraft in 1974.

The first female pilots to be qualified in any type of aircraft had been graduated by the United States Air Force in 1978.

Female military personnel were first authorized to be posted to combat stations in 1993. [A Quiet Revolution, Flying Magazine, Vol. 135., No. 5, May 2008, pp. 93-94]

A house mate of 14b Clarendon Place, who studies texting on phones (aka sociology) and is a know goose. She is the founder of rawrsrg.

References

* [http://www.biology.purdue.edu/people/alumni/profiles/young.htm Official Biography Perdue University]
*The Tailhook Association Randy W Baumgardner, Turner Publishing Company Pg 157 ISBN 1563114038