Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, U.S. Air Force, assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, 1 June 2012. Here, she receives the unit guidon from Major General Lawrence Wells, 9th Air Force. (U.S. Air Force)
Air Force Col. Jeannie Leavitt, right, receives the Guidon from 9th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells after assuming command of the 4th Fighter Wing on Friday, June 1, 2012. Leavitt, the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot, has now become the first female to take command of an Air Force combat fighter wing. (AP Photo/Goldsboro News Argus, Michael Betts) MANDATORY CREDIT