"We were in the Jaff. We were taking out a building that was known to have munitions in it. We were out for a little over an hour. We got a call from the ground controller that said, "Hey, we have some Marines and soldiers pinned down north of the cemetery." At that point, acid bomb exploded in my stomach. Why? Because we had been out for a little less than an hour, so we only had 20 minutes of fuel and one missile left on our aircraft, because we'd already been taking out that target."
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Permission To Engage: A Combat Pilot Shares Her Leadership Tips Forbes (November 9, 2017)
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Vernice Armour
Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour (born 1973) is a former United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African-American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps and the America's first black female combat pilot. She flew the AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and eventually served two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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