Female U-2 pilot blazes trail through society and space
Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal receives a maintenance check on her full pressure suit by Senior Airman Garret McNeely in preparation to take flight in a U-2 Feb. 9, 2015 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Tengesdal is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing inspector general and a U-2 pilot. McNeely is a 9th Physiological Support Squadron aerospace physiology technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bobby Cummings)