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An Aviation First (tap to read)

12/20/2022

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Idaho has a long aviation history, from the first commercial airmail service to wartime heroes like Pappy Boyington. Anneliese Satz, who grew up in Boise, added to that history in 2019.
 
Captain Satz became the first female Marine to pilot an F35B fighter jet. The F35B Lightning is a short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft that can reach speeds of 1,200 mph.
 
Satz is probably also the only member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes to pilot such an aircraft. She still has family living on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Southeast Idaho. She is a descendent of Chief Tahgee (Targhee). And, it’s likely she and her husband, Captain Anthony Pompei, are the only married couple flying the jets.
 
Satz is based in Japan with the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. She has been in the Marine Corps since 2014. Prior to joining the service, Satz was a commercial helicopter pilot. She’s a graduate of Boise High School and Boise State University.
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​Capt. Anneliese Satz puts on her flight helmet prior to a training flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Satz graduated the F-35B Lighting II Pilot Training Program June, 2019 and is assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 in Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ashley Phillips)
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Senator Mike Crapo honoring Capt. Anneliese Satz and her husband, Capt. Anthony Pompei.
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