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Capt. Sara Stires became the first and, as of 2023, only woman in the U.S. Navy to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic actions taken while serving as the radar intercept officer of an F-14B in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001. After serving nine years as a naval aviator, Stires now serves (2023) as a Navy oral surgeon at the Naval Academy and is the first dental officer in school history to be in charge of brigade medical.
Last Updated: 29 March 2023
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