"“I only wanted to be in the Marine Corps,” she said. “For me, it was the toughest. It was the biggest challenge.”"
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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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