【9月9日】看軍聞學英語

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原文：

There have been pioneers. The late Rosemary Mariner became one of the first eight women in the Navy selected to fly military aircraft in 1973. She was certified to fly the A-4C and the A-7E Corsair II, and became the first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet the following year, the service said. Mariner retired as a captain.

Brenda Robinson became the first African American female graduate from the Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate School, earning her wings in 1980, according to the nonprofit organization Women in Aviation. She was the first Black woman certified for C-1A carrier onboard delivery carrier landings the following year. Robinson retired in 2008.

Despite early strides, women have still faced barriers. For example, the Pentagon did not lift a decades-long policy that prohibited women from flying in combat until 1993.

中譯：

海軍表示，女性飛行員在以前就大有人在。已故的馬里納，即為1973年首批獲選駕駛海軍軍機的8名女飛官之一；當年，她取得了駕駛A-4C及A-7E「海盜」二式攻擊機的資格，隔年成為首位駕駛戰術機的女飛官，退伍時官拜上校。

根據非營利組織「航空女性」的說法，羅賓遜是首位畢業於海軍航空學校女性非裔美籍軍官，並於1980年獲頒飛行徽章；隔年，她並成為首位獲取C-1A艦載運輸機航艦起降資格認證的非裔女性，於2008年退役。

女性縱使早就展現意氣風發之姿，卻仍面臨諸多障礙，例如，美國國防部一直到1993年才取消長達數十年來禁止女性飛行戰鬥機的政策。

－關鍵軍語－

※tactical fighter jet:

Attack aircraft.

例句：

The F-22A Raptor is a fifth-generation tactical fighter.

F-22A「猛禽」為第5代戰術機種。