Twenty students from across the United States participated in the elite U.S. Navy Summer Flight Academy. | Truman Talbot/Unsplash
Twenty students from across the United States participated in the elite U.S. Navy Summer Flight Academy. | Truman Talbot/Unsplash
A North Carolina high school student earned accolades from a Navy fighter pilot for her accomplishments during the elite U.S. Navy Summer Flight Academy that ended Aug. 5.
“The goal of the scholarship program is to expose exceptional minority students to a career path that currently lacks diversity,” Cmdr. Chris “Frozone” Williams, told WBTV. “Jadyn Dixon has what it takes to be a leader in the field of aviation, and the Navy is honored to have played a part in her personal and professional journey.”
Dixon is a student at South Iredell High School in Statesville, North Carolina, according to the WBTV report. After graduating from the eight-week flight program at Delaware States University, she received her private pilot’s license from the Federal Aviation Administration and earned five college credits.
Dixon was one of 20 11th- and 12th-graders selected from across the nation for the elite program, WBTV reported. The Navy created the program in 2021 to increase diversity in its Naval aviation ranks. Select universities throughout the country have partnered with the Navy to provide the flight training to students. The cost of putting a student through the program is $24,000, but it comes at no cost to participants and carries no obligations.
Dixon completed 42.6 hours of flight time, including multiple solo flights and passed the FAA written exam, according to WBTV.
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