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Jeannie Marie Leavitt (née Flynn; born c. 1967) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general officer. She became the U.S. Air Force's first female fighter pilot in 1993, and was the first woman to command a USAF combat fighter wing.
Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt served as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Sep 25, 2023 · An Air Force trailblazer’s career came to a close this weekend, as Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt, the service’s first female fighter pilot, retired after 31 years in uniform. The retirement ceremony for Leavitt took place at Scott Air Base, Ill., on Sept. 23.
Today may mark the close of Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt's distinguished career, but the legacy she's crafted and the lives she's influenced will undoubtedly resonate for generations, U.S. Transportation Command's top general said during Leavitt's retirement ceremony.
Sep 18, 2018 · When the USAF selected that first woman for pilot training in 1976, Jeannie M. Leavitt was 9 years old, living in St. Louis, Missouri. Leavitt would go on to make history of her own, becoming the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot in 1993.
Commander of U.S. Transportation Command Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt share words during Leavitt’s retirement ceremony Sept. 23, 2023, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Leavitt retired after more than 30 years of service.
Apr 17, 2022 · Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt has had a storied and historic more than 30-year Air Force career from the time she commissioned in January 1992. She was the service’s first female fighter pilot when she stepped into an F-15E Strike Eagle in 1993. She later became the first female commander of a combat fighter wing in 2012.
