210311-N-QR145-0004 MERIDIAN, Miss. (March 11, 2021) Training Squadron (VT) 9 Commanding Officer Cmdr. Meghan Angermann, right, pins naval aviator Wings of Gold on Italian navy Ensign Erika Raballo during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Meridian base chapel March 11, 2021. Raballo earned designation as the Italian navy's first female strike fighter pilot. VT-9 conducts undergraduate intermediate and advanced strike pilot training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and select international military partners.

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