For the first time ever, a member of the famous Blue Angels team is a woman, and she’s a member of the Class of 1996!
You can read all about it here. A quote:
“She was a Carlsbad girl and a 1996 graduate of San Dieguito High School. She’s also the first woman ever to wear a Blue Angels number, one of eight coveted positions on the Navy’s elite flying team.”
“First woman to wear Blue Angels number,” by Jeanette Steele, 30 September 2010, San Diego Union-Tribune.