Sarah Deal Burrows

Sarah Deal Burrows

Maj. Sarah Deal Burrow, usually known by her maiden name, Deal became the Marine Corps’ first female aviator in 1993.

Deal earned her pilot’s license while attending Kent State University in Ohio. But when she went through Officer Candidates School and was commissioned a second lieutenant in May 1992, the Corps didn’t have female pilots, even though the Navy had pinned wings on its first female aviator almost two decades earlier.