US Navy welcomes first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot

The US Navy has welcomed its first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot.

The Naval Air Training Command tweeted that Lt JG Madeline Swegle is the Navy's "first known Black female TACAIR pilot."

"MAKING HISTORY!" the US Navy tweeted in response to a post that Lt. J.G. Madeline Swegle had completed naval flight school and would later this month receive the flight officer insignia known as the "Wings of Gold."

She is assigned to the Redhawks of Training Squadron 21 in Kingsville, Texas.

Swegle's milestone comes more than 45 years after Rosemary Mariner in 1974 became the first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, according to news outlets.