NAVAL AIR STATION MERIDIAN, Miss. (Oct. 29, 2021) Capt. Robert Lanane II, left, commodore of Training Air Wing 1, and Rear Adm. Robert D. Westendorff, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), join Lt. j.g. Suzelle Thomas and Cmdr. Dylan Porter, commanding officer of Training Squadron 7, after Thomas’ naval aviator winging ceremony at Naval Air Station Meridian, Oct. 29, 2021. Thomas is the U.S. Navy’s first woman to directly select F-35C Lightning II postgraduate training after earning her Wings of Gold. (U.S. Navy photo by Penny Randall)