About Theresa Claiborne
Born 1959. Theresa Claiborne is an aircraft pilot.
Theresa M. Claiborne (* 1959) is American Veteran and Airline Captain. On June 20, 1981, she became the first female African-American pilot to serve in the United States Air Force (USAF).
Education Claiborne came from a military family and she went to California State University, Sacramento where she joined the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). She left active duty in 1988.
Awards Claiborne was inducted into the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Who is Theresa Claiborne?
first African American woman pilot in the U.S. Air Force
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Theresa Claiborne was born in 1959.
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Theresa Claiborne is an aircraft pilot.
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