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Senior Airman Ceaira Young
23d Wing Public A airs
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --After an (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Ryan Callaghan)
above-the-knee amputation, one HC-130J pi-
lot solidified her place in history as the sixth U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, 71st Rescue Squadron pilot, checks the wing of an HC-130J Combat King II during pre- ight checks,
amputee and the first-female amputee to re- July 22, 2016, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Wise is the sixth Air Force pilot to return to the cockpit after becoming an amputee.
turn to the cockpit July 22.
See RETURN, Page 22
Following nearly 15 months of rehabilita-
tion, learning to walk, run and fly again, U.S.
Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, 71st Rescue
Squadron HC-130J Combat King II pilot, was
medically cleared to retake the skies.
“In this day in age it’s nice to be able to
show girls out there everywhere that you’re
capable of anything if you put your mind to
it,” said Wise. “I am the first female, which is
funny because I don’t ever think of myself as a
female pilot, but as a pilot. I’m not the first in
any way but I’m the sixth.”
“For me, I never even considered not get-
ting back to flying,” Wise added. “I was going
to do whatever it took to get back to flying
because this is my job and this is what I love.”
What started out as a weekend of fun with
friends, turned into a moment in time that
would take Wise out of the cockpit. On April
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