Rosemary Bryant Mariner

Captain Mariner was a pioneering woman and one of the first eight women to start flight training for active military service. Earning her Wings of Gold, she became the first woman to transition to a frontline tactical attack jet aircraft then proceeded to be the first woman to qualify for  carrier flight operations, making multiple landings aboard the USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16) and the USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64).  She became the first woman to command an aviation squadron - the VAQ-34 Flashbacks.  In 2002, Captain Mariner was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame.