The First Female Navigators: Mary Kay "MK" Higgins
Channel: Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
Date: 2022-03-18

Retired Air Force Col. Mary Kay Higgins was one of the first six women trained as Air Force navigators. Seven years earlier, in 1970, she was the first female recipient from our Illinois Wing to earn the top cadet honor, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award. Later as an active Civil Air Patrol member she served as director of cadet programs for our Nebraska Wing.  She also served as a CAP-USAF liaison officer for our National Capital Wing. 

This video was created to celebrate overcoming gender and race barriers in the Air Force exactly 45 years since the first female class of navigators began their training. (U.S. Air Force video by Matthew Hester and Airmen 1st Class Rome Bowermaster and Kailey Viator)