ARMY'S SENIOR BLACK FEMALE AVIATOR RETIRES
July 31, 2008
July 31, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Back in 1980 Christine B. "Nickey" Knighton became just the second black woman in the United States to earn the right to wear aviator wings within the Department of Defense and the first from her home state of Georgia, an accomplishment that didn't go unnoticed by then-President Jimmy Carter who personally congratulated her on the achievement.
Col. Knighton also holds the distinction o . . .
Back in 1980 Christine B. "Nickey" Knighton became just the second black woman in the United States to earn the right to wear aviator wings within the Department of Defense and the first from her home state of Georgia, an accomplishment that didn't go unnoticed by then-President Jimmy Carter who personally congratulated her on the achievement.
Col. Knighton also holds the distinction o . . .