Claiborne did not imagine herself becoming a pilot ... 93.7% of professional pilots are White and 92.5% of professional pilots are male. Thee are now about 150 Black women pilots in the U.S ...

On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...

If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like ... suggesting there may not be enough candidates who aren’t white pilots to ...