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Blue Angels pilot breaks sound, gender barriers

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When military aviation buffs pack into the Marine Corps Beaufort Air Show in South Carolina this weekend, they'll be wowed by the Navy's Blue Angels. But a new kind of history will also take flight in the team: a woman in the cockpit, CBS News' Michelle Miller reports. It's the ride of a lifetime, and F-18 pilots like Capt. Jeff Kruss have spent a lifetime training for it. "I got my pilot's license when I was 17, and I wanted to get in the military and fly the… (www.cbsnews.com) More...

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donhun1313
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Why does the reporter start off talking about USN Lt Jeff Kruss when the story is really about USMC Capt Katie Higgins becomming the first female Blue Angels Pilot? Althugh i thought she was going to be a Hornet Driver and not a C-130 bus driver.

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