Air Force Commendation Medal And I said, well, sir, I don't want to be the first, but if that's the terms of the deal I'll take it. June 2014April 2016, Principal Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Maj. Gen. Leavitt is a graduate and former instructor of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours. Jeannie Leavitt, Self: Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel LIVE Red Carpet World Premiere LEAVITT: There is nothing I want more than to exterminate sexual assault from our Air Force. The three women stood next to McPeak, who had earlier said that while he had opposed the change, there was always a small chance he was wrong. Leavitt came to speak at a Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training graduation and host professional development events for Sheppard AFB female Airmen. The general said only 6 percent of all Air Force officers make the rank of colonel, let alone hold a command position. July 2010May 2012, Air Force Chief of Staff Fellow, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., as a colonel That time includes more than 300 hours in combat while stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. March 1993July 1993, T-38 Instructor Pilot Upgrade Trainee, Vance AFB, Okla. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself. Leavitt shared her experiences with the newest generation of female aviators and others, from an ROTC cadet at the University of Texas, all the way to her current position as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety. Leavitt did not learn that the Air Force had begun making flightsuits designed for women until she became commander of the recruiting services in 2018. For Leavitt, who in June became the operations and communications director for the Air Education and Training Command, the reach for diversity now includes embracing the attention that comes with being a pioneer. Trust your emotions, but don't put your trust in your emotions. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Legal Statement. It's just one more feather in her cap.". We want a mix of races, genders. Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters You are someone who carved your own path. Women still couldn't be in ground combat but they could fly fighter jets. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt had 'lost confidence in his leadership and risk management style.' Leavitt has logged more than 2,500 hours in the F-15 Strike Eagle, including 300 hours flying in combat primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests. April 2007July 2009, Assistant Director of Operations, 334th Fighter Squadron, later Commander, 333rd Fighter Squadron, then Special Assistant to the 4th Operations Group Commander, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. Colonel Leavitt is this week's Sunday Conversation. 2009 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Award, National Aeronautic Association 2012 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville My timing was such that I tried very hard just to blend in, says Leavitt. Top Jeannie Marie Leavitt Quotes Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. In April 2021, she was appointed to replace Major General John T. Rauch as Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force, and assumed office on August 13, 20 The Air Force said his commanding officer, Brig. You want people to be emotionally moved. After graduating in 1985 and before joining the Air Force, she earned a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a MS degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University in California. Female Airmen attend an all-female all-call hosted by Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 1, 2022. Leavitt was the first to graduate fromand teach atthe Air Forces elite weapons school, and later to command a combat fighter wing. MARTIN: We are talking to you at a time when there's a lot of conversations about women in combat in the military. Says Leavitt: It was like any place where I was the first. "I've flown with her, I know her capabilities," said Wells. January 1998July 1998, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, F-15E Division, Nellis AFB, Nev. Prior to her current assignment, the general served as Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, where she was responsible for the world's largest training organization, providing initial skills, undergraduate flying, post graduate combat crew and supplemental training for more than 300,000 Air Force, joint and international personnel at 65 Air Force and Department of Defense locations. About six months before she got to Laughlin, Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak had made his own position clear, telling a congressional committee that he would choose a less-qualified male pilot over a highly qualified female pilot to fly with him. What would happen, if, as she wanted, she decided to pick a fighter? You can unsubscribe at any time. (AP). But there is a problem. 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Contact information may be available to logged in members. Jeannie Leavitt's decorations as of June 2020: US Air Force general and first female fighter pilot in USAF, ABC News Nightline: Female Fighter Pilot Breaks Gender Barriers, Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force, "Leavitt and Doherty Family Members Escorted Prior to Change of Command Ceremony", "First female fighter pilot becomes first female wing commander", "Leavitt takes reins of safety during change of command", "On The Front Lines When Second Lt. Jeannie Marie Flynn Began Training Yesterday To Be The First U.s. Maj. Gen. Leavitt entered the Air Force in 1992 after earning her bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and her masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. [5], Leavitt began her Undergraduate Pilot Training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas in 1992. Does it make you disappointed? August 2021present, Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va., and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M. Rick Wakeman Because I live, you shall live also. We hope that you'll enjoy it as much as we do. privacy statement, Email powered by Blackbaud (Privacy Policy, Command is a very special position. 40 Terrace Street. Privacy Statement In June 2014, Leavitt relinquished command of the 4th Fighter Wing to become principal military assistant to the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C.. In 2016, Leavitt became the first woman to take control of the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, and was promoted to brigadier general. 11. Forces Korea, Yongsan Army Garrison, Seoul, South Korea All Rights Reserved. Shes not leapfrogging anyone. But writing I could do in other places. June 2001August 2003, F-15E Instructor Pilot, Wing Standardization and Evaluation Examiner, 57th Operations Group, later Academics Flight Commander, then Assistant Operations Officer for Academics, 17th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 10. Brattleboro, VT 05301-2923 . Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. You know, it is a problem and it is something we are actively addressing. In this week's Sunday Conversation, host Rachel Martin speaks with Col. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, about gender in the Air Force. 1998 Weapons Instructor Course, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Ebony Bryant). January 1992 March 1993, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB, Texas. Additionally, she directs research to promote safety awareness and mishap prevention, oversees mishap investigations, evaluates corrective actions and ensures implementation. LEAVITT: There is nothing I want more than to exterminate sexual assault from our Air Force. 2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence What we do matters," Leavitt said. We have this first-term airmen center so all the brand-new airmen, and I talk to them about it. Leavitt graduated from fighter training in April 1994 and went on to her first active-duty assignment at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. "It helped that once we started flying, people began to see that we were there because of our abilities and not our gender," Leavitt said in an exclusive telephone interview with The Associated Press. Good on the women who followed later who said, Wait a minute, these flightsuits dont actually fit us. , By the time Leavitt became the first woman to enter the fighter track at the Weapons Instructor Coursean Air Force flying school equivalent to the U.S. Navys Top Gun and available to only the most talented aviatorsbeing a pioneer had become familiar territory. Your adrenaline gets going and your heart rate increases, says Leavitt. With high scores in her undergraduate classes, Leavitt earned a place as the first woman tapped to enter training as a fighter pilot. Jeannie M. Leavitt is the first U.S. military woman certified to pilot a fighter aircraft. To get to that cockpit, Flynn, who is now Jeannie Leavitt, had to prove a lot of people wrong, including the militarys top leadership. September 2005 April 2007, Chief of Master Air Attack Plans, 609th Combat Plans Squadron. Top Jeannie Leavitt Quotes Success is buried in the garden of failure. And it's not based on you being male or female. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt was the 1st female fighter pilot in the Air Force and now serves as Commander of Air Flight hours: more than 3,000, including over 300 combat hours 3. She earned her commission as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. MARTIN: Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, she was the first woman to become a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. In order to get the most out of your member experience,you will need to create a new login. SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- 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. The fact is that sexual assault is incompatible with Air Force core values. 2004 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. LEAVITT: Oh, it was absolutely amazing. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 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The general recalled that in one sortie over Iraq, Leavitt was the flight leader, while he flew in a support role in an F-16. By then, she had come to understand that the price of doing what she lovedand was very good atwas the unyielding spotlight her accomplishments attracted. I did not want to be the first one necessarily. It was her first visit to the North Texas base, which also included being the guest speaker at the 80th Flying Training Wings Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training class 22-04 graduation. This is Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, and pretty much from the time she learned how to fly, she wanted to be a combat fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. 2021 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar, Warrenton, Va. FLIGHT INFORMATION Many people warned me not to ask for a fighter, since I Ive had many incredible opportunities in the Air Force, Leavitt said. I realize not every person wanted this to happen, she told reporters in 1993. For the 2019 film "Captain Marvel," Gen. Leavitt worked with the production team to coordinate Air Force assistance in accurately portraying female military pilots. By 2016, Jeannie Leavitt, then a brigadier general, commanded the U.S. Air Force 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base. Currently, there are only 85 in the entire Air Force, making up three percent of the total, according to Air Force data. 1991 Master of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 4. July 2010May 2012, Air Force Chief of Staff Fellow, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C. 2019 Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Distinguished Alumni, The University of Texas at Austin | Privacy Policy 1997 Outstanding Young Texas Exes, The University of Texas at Austin But I try to not highlight the gender differences. July 2004September 2005, Chief of Special Technical Operations, U.S. Welcome to our new website! [10][11], In June 2018, Leavitt relinquished command of the 57th Wing to become commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, in Texas. 18. Copyright 2013 NPR. In her role as recruiting services commander, Leavitt made a priority of increasing diversity in the Air Force by reaching out to women and minority groups. 7. She takes command from Col. Patrick Doherty after serving one year in Washington, D.C., on a special assignment as an Air Force fellow with the Central Intelligence Agency. You know, at my base, I have spoken so many times in commanders calls, to my commanders to their airmen. Aircraft flown: F-15E, T-37, T-38A and AT-38B 1997 Outstanding Young Texas Exes, The University of Texas at Austin Maj. Gen. Leavitt entered the Air Force in 1992 after earning her bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and her masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. Though Leavitt knew the policy would eventually have to change, she did not know when. I am always open-door policy, so anyone who wants to come talk to me - male, female, pilot, WSO, anyone who would like to - I am more than happy to sit down and talk with them. 2021 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar, Warrenton, Va. MARTIN: Were you the only woman in your training courses when you were learning how to do this? We have so much information being fed into the airplane with all the different sensors and the data link. Female Fighter Pilot, She Was Breaking Through Barriers", "The Cavalier: The Magazine for Bishop DuBourg High School", "First female combat pilot completes training", "AF first female fighter pilot continues to break stereotypes", "Biographies > Major General Jeannie M. 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Both McSally and Sharon Preszler, a C-21 cargo pilot, had sought to fly fighters when they had completed pilot training a few years earlier. June 2001 August 2003, F-15E instructor pilot, Wing Standardization and Evaluation Examiner. 19. In command, you enable people to accomplish a mission. Author: Donna Augustine. 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. But you remember what you need to do because the training is so realistic. Asked if she worried about her own safety, Leavitt says: I didnt typically think about my life being in danger because I felt like the troops on the ground were so much more vulnerable., Though the F-15E is capable of flying at Mach 2.4, the air-to-ground missions Leavitt flew didnt require such speed. Air Force. The number has only nudged upward in the last 20 years, from one percent in 2000. She is a graduate and former instructor of April 1994January 1998, Instructor Pilot, Training Officer, later Assistant Chief of Weapons, then Assistant Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. [3], Leavitt is married to retired USAF Colonel Craig Leavitt, and they have two children.[13]. That was why, at the end, I really was opposed to any kind of attention focused on me. And yet the thought of anything happening to you brings me to my knees. Montgomery, I was a very confident child. Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt is 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. Leavitt will be in charge of the wing's 5,000 active duty men and women, with 12,000 civilians in the base population. June 2018June 2020, Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. But the image she projects in the photo is more strength than swagger. When she tried to explain that she was following the same process as everyone else, the reporter asked McPeak to step in and clarify. MARTIN: If I could ask a personal question. But not just any pilot. And so, I think one of the big important points will be what qualifications are required; and not having those the gender specific. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. LEAVITT: I was very interested in flying fighters. She is also dedicated to lifetime learning, having obtained four Master's degrees in addition to her undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering. 16. I was very fortunate. That's when the Pentagon changed its policy. 1. Col. Jeannie Leavitt has become the first woman to take command of an Air Force combat fighter wing Friday in North Carolina. All rights reserved. Air Force Commendation Medal We know that an adversary of the future is going to have potentially similar capabilities to us so we are going to beat them with being able to out-think them.. June 2020 August 2021, Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. And that's where something like live theater or a live performance is something that is very valuable because you get instant feedback from your audience and you kind of know the things that work and the things that don't work. [4] She attended Bishop DuBourg High School, a private Roman Catholic school in St. Louis. April 2016June 2018, Commander, 57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev. 2. Defense Superior Service Medal This story is a selection from the August issue of Air & Space magazine, 2023 Smithsonian Magazine July 1993 April 1994, student, F-15E Formal Training Course. The percentage of female air personnel overall has also remained roughly level, climbing from just 19 to 20 percent since then. [12], She assumed her present assignment on August 13, 2021. Thereafter she began formal combat training in the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, becoming the service's first female fighter pilot. Maj. Gen. Leavitt is the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety and Commander of the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. Email powered by Blackbaud (Privacy Policy, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters She entered the Air Force in 1992 through ROTC after earning a degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas. Finally, she manages, develops and directs all safety and risk management courses. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS July 2004 September 2005, Chief of Special Technical Operations, United States Forces Korea, Yongsan Army Garrison, Seoul, South Korea. "Because of what she has done, a lot of people will be able to follow behind her. Flightsuits and the survival gear essential to a fighter pilots airborne comfort and safety were all designed to fit men. What is going on? Maj. Gen. Leavitt has served in a variety of flying, staff and command assignments, and has commanded at the flight, squadron and wing level. Maj. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Finally, she manages, develops and directs all safety and risk management courses. (AFNS) -- After Col. Jeannie Leavitt finished pilot training at the top of her class in 1992, she was given her first choice of aircraft, with a few restrictions.Her first choice, the F-15 Strike Eagle, wasn't yet an option for female pilots. ", Wells said Leavitt "has what it takes to lead a fighter wing, and she knows how to take care of her people. She earned her commission as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. You know, because for flying fighters there is a set of qualifications and requirements. 2010 Master of National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. One by one, her commanding officers had told her that while U.S. law had changed to allow women to fly in combat, Department of Defense policy had not. She develops, executes and evaluates all Air and Space Forces aviation, ground, weapons, space and system mishap prevention and nuclear surety programs to preserve combat capability. But I realize thats also irrelevant.. Defense Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters 2019 Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Distinguished Alumni, The University of Texas at Austin Your previous username and password will not work on the new website. LEAVITT: Not everyone is cut out for flying fighter aircrafts. "I get to do amazing things with amazing people every day. She is a graduate and former instructor of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours. That July, she began training in the F-15E at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. 2010 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. July 1993April 1994, Student, F-15E Formal Training Course, 555th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz. I mean, this is a service you have devoted your life to. It was an acknowledgment from the man who had tried to stand in her way that the system that had initially prevented her from becoming a fighter pilot was unjust. She was the services first female fighter pilot when she stepped into an F-15E Strike Eagle in 1993. That can be nothing other than voyeurism. 2019 International Aviation Womens Association, Wings Outstanding Aviator Award Terms of Use), https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2aae85aea-25c1-4496-af7e-bccfb35e6d86, Military Women Aviators Oral History Initiative (MWAOHI), Major General Jeannie Marie Leavitt (USAF). TED Women Spotlight: Brig. Terms of Use). July 2009June 2010, Student, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. You know, some people thought it was a good thing. January 1992March 1993, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (Current as of January2022), An official website of the United States government, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. 16. I just wanted to fly fighters. The seasoned pilot is married to another Air Force colonel and they have two children. 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