Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. USA TODAY, May 8, 2015, Air Force pilot first female to train in F-35A 24, F-35C Lightning II has landing mishap on USS Carl Vinson The 26-year-old has completed a three-year training course and is now flying F-15 jets for. The Facebook image features two screen grabs of purported articles about the first female F-35 pilot. 7, Leaked video shows Navy fighter jet crashing on carrier USS Carl Vinson Misa Matsushima has become Japans first female fighter pilot. MarketWatch, May 12, 2019, This mother of two is the first woman to pilot an F-35 fighter jet - she talks sexism and ‘killing bad guys’ One of Pakistans few female fighter jet pilots was killed in a training crash Tuesday, the air force said in a statement, adding. 2, Fact Check: World's First Female F-35 Fighter Pilot Did NOT Crash World News Agence France-Presse Wednesday November 25, 2015. 25, 7 injured after F-35 jet crashes on aircraft carrier in South China Sea 7, Leaked video shows harrowing F-35 crash aboard carrier Carl VinsonĬNN, Jan. Christine MauĪir Force, May 7, 2015, First female F-35 pilot begins training National Air and Space Museum, accessed Aug. 28, 2019, The first female F-35 pilot proves flying is a gender equalizer The doodle depicts a woman who is flying an airplane. 8, Exchange with USA TODAY through LinkedIn MessengerĬhristine Mau, accessed Aug. Already an accomplished pilot, Pauline Gower was sure other women could take to the skies in aid of the war effort. Sarla Thukral Google Doodle: Sarla Thukral First Woman Pilot of India Google Doodle Sarla Thakral: The giant tech company Google has made a special doodle on the 107th birthday of Sarla Thakral, India’s first female pilot, today i.e. Our fact-check sources:Ĭhristine Mau, Aug. The article that makes this baseless claim says Mau was the pilot in a crash aboard the USS Carl Vinson in January 2022, but Mau had been retired from flying for four years at that point. Mau said this didn't happen, and all credible evidence backs that up. Pacific Fleet or the Navy.įurthermore, Mau said she has never flown a plane from the deck of an aircraft carrier. She said it is rare for Air Force pilots to do so, as such planes are normally flown by Navy or Marine pilots.įact check: Video of live-firing drill in Taiwan dates back to 2020 Our rating: Falseīased on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that the world's first female F-35 pilot crashed a fighter jet on its first flight. The former Navy pilot retired from flying and became a teacher four years before the crash occurred, as she told USA TODAY through LinkedIn Messenger.īefore she retired, Mau was deputy command of the 33rd Fighter Wing Operations Group based at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida – not a pilot for the U.S.
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