Coast Guard Becomes First Black Woman to Fly Seahawk Helicopter and Join Flight School

Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco/U.S. Coast Guard

A Virginia Coast Guardswoman is celebrating a historic milestone in her military career.

After being promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander, Chanel Lee became the first African American female pilot in the Coast Guard to be sent to flight school and the first to fly an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter.