Has there been any Asian-American female fighter pilots?

Question

I saw a CNN clip about the first African American female combat pilot in the Marines...and that got me wondering, if it took this long for black women to enter the scene, have any Asian American women done the same?

Here's the clip I saw:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sjPuTH84TZE

I know the first male one was back in WWII, a guy from Hawaii. Surely women have followed suit in 50 years?

Answer 1

Not sure in the modern times.

But there has been an aviatrix by name Hazel Ying Lee of the WASP. Though she was a ferry pilot, she'd flown the pursuit aircraft which means the fighters. Does that make her a fighter pilot?

For the record, she joined WASP in 1943.

Answer 2

This Woman is someone that is a roll model for all Women, and I'm proud of the fact she is from the United States.  I Salute Her, and Thank Her for her service to our country.

Answer 3

According to CFPA, "In 2003, there were 462 female pilots of 12,693 which made up 3.7%. Of those 462, only 47 were fighter pilots and 15 flew bombers. Lt Col Martha McSally became the first female commander of a fighter squadron at Davis Monthan AFB. Currently, there are 49 active duty female fighter pilots and 16 WSOs in fighters. There are 17 female fighter pilots in the Air National Guard."

Unfortunately, there's no breakdown by race.

On the other hand, if you want to count PLAAF or ROCAF, I'm sure there's a few female fighter pilots in those air forces...

Answer 4

Probably not.  There aren't that many female fighter pilots, but there are many female pilots in the military.  I wouldn't be surprised if there were more female fighter pilots in the future since females can withstand more G forces than men before blacking out which also means that females can handle tighter turns than men.