<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of <i>KHQ News</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.khq.com/top_story/helicopter-pilot-from-idaho-becomes-st-female-marine-to-pilot/article_d87bb4a8-bf71-11e9-98a1-9b9b0076e944.html">https://www.khq.com/top_story/helicopter-pilot-from-idaho-becomes-st-female-marine-to-pilot/article_d87bb4a8-bf71-11e9-98a1-9b9b0076e944.html</a><br><div><br></div><div>——————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><h1 itemprop="headline" class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 42px; margin: 0px 100px 0px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(12, 12, 12); caret-color: rgb(12, 12, 12); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Helicopter pilot from Idaho becomes 1st female Marine to pilot F-35 jet</span></h1></div><div><br></div><div><div>BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A former commercial helicopter pilot and Idaho native has become the first female Marine to pilot the F-35, a next-generation joint strike fighter aircraft.</div><div><br></div><div>The Island Packet reports Capt. Anneliese Satz completed her fighter jet training this summer at the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, South Carolina.</div><div><br></div><div>KTVB says Satz is from Boise, Idaho, and graduated from Boise State University.</div><div><br></div><div>Satz trained in Mississippi, Florida and Texas over the past four years before arriving in Beaufort last summer to train in the F-35B Lightning II. A station statement says Satz's aircraft is a supersonic stealth vessel designed to operate from short-field bases and near front-line combat zones.</div><div><br></div><div>The statement says the 29-year-old Satz credits her history as a commercial helicopter pilot as what prepared her for a career in military aviation. She's now headed to Iwakuni, Japan, to join a unit called the Green Knights.</div></div><div><br></div><div>————————</div><div><br></div><div>Photo . . .</div><div><br></div><div>Capt. Anneliese Satz conducts pre-flight checks prior to a training flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, March 11. Satz graduated the F-35B Lighting II Pilot Training Program June and will be assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 in Iwakuni, Japan.</div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/KHQ_081519_Boise_Marine_Polite.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/KHQ_081519_Boise_Marine_Polite.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>——————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>