![Navy Cpt. Rosemary Mariner, among the first class of women military pilots and the first to fly tactical jets. (Courtesy Mariner family)]({"default":{"load":"default","w":"80","h":"56","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBT4zEg.img?h=565&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1196&y=811"},"size3column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"44","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBT4zEg.img?h=441&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1196&y=811"},"size2column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"44","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBT4zEg.img?h=441&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1196&y=811"}})
Mariner died Jan. 24 of ovarian cancer at age 65.![Capt. Rosemary B. Mariner, the first woman to command an operational naval aviation squadron, in 1990. She led VAQ-34 during Operation Desert Storm and retired as a captain in 1997 after 24 years of service. (U.S. Navy)]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBT4Eek.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=488&y=559"}} "Capt. Rosemary B. Mariner, the first woman to command an operational naval aviation squadron, in 199... - U.S. Navy/U.S. Navy")
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Saturday, February 2, 2019
Rosemary Mariner made history as a Navy pilot, Dead at 65
Mariner died Jan. 24 of ovarian cancer at age 65.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/she-made-history-as-a-navy-pilot-an-all-female-squadron-just-flew-over-her-funeral/ar-BBT4Lba?ocid=spartanntp
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