Georgia Air National Guard prepares to deploy its first black female pilot
The Georgia Air National Guard is about to deploy its first black female pilot, Guard officials announced this week. 1st Lt. Andrea Lewis, an E-8C Joint STARS copilot with the 116th Air Control Wing, is already the first black female pilot in the history of the Georgia ANG.
Soon, she’ll also be the first to deploy, said 2nd. Lt. Dustin Cole, a Guard spokesman, in a statement provided to Air Force Times.
Although her ascent is a first for the Georgia ANG, Lewis comes from a family of aviators. Her father was a 14-year veteran pilot in the Marine Corps, before continuing to fly for American Airlines for another 22 years. Her mother is a career flight attendant with Delta Airlines based out of Atlanta.
“You could say that aviation and serving others is in my DNA,” Lewis said in a statement. “It is something I always knew I wanted to be a part of.”
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