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And i feel so lucky to have someone with that experience. reporter: as a teenager growing up in a ranch, she wanted to fly in the air force but were told there were no female pilots. she tried the navy and after a year she got in. saying in a book, i have finally broken into the flight club. she became an instructor and eventually selected again one of the first women to train on the hornet fighter jet. when her left engine blew out, little surprise she showed no fear. one of the first female f-18 fighter pilots, i expect this was a walk in the park for her. reporter: her extraordinary ....
But there is another growing demographic of americans who are also running, veterans. lieutenant colonel maimy mcgrath checks both of those boxes. she was, in fact, the first female marine to fly an f-18 fighter jet on a combat mission. and she went on to fly 89 of them in both iraq and afghanistan. now she s running for a seat in kentucky s 6th congressional district against republican incumbent andy barr and fellow democrat and mayor of lexington, jim gray. amy mcgrath joins me now live from lexington. lieutenant colonel, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. it s great to be here tonight. after reading through your biography there, i have to ask, what did you learn, the marine corps is a pretty male dominated institution. what did you learn in the marine corps that will help you in trump s washington? persistence and, you know, speaking truth to power. i think that, you know, ....
Run for seats in the house of representatives. 309 in total by the a.p. s count. surpassing the previous high in 2012. but there is another growing demographic of americans who are also running, veterans. lieutenant colonel maimy mcgrath checks both of those boxes. she was, in fact, the first female marine to fly an f-18 fighter jet on a combat mission. and she went on to fly 89 of them in both iraq and afghanistan. now she s running for a seat in kentucky s 6th congressional district against republican incumbent andy barr and fellow democrat and mayor of lexington, jim gray. amy mcgrath joins me now live from lexington. lieutenant colonel, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. it s great to be here tonight. after reading through your biography there, i have to ask, what did you learn, the marine corps is a pretty male dominated institution. what did you learn in the marine corps that will help you in ....
Failed. the jet rolled over as both of the aviators were ejected killing the pilot james johnson and his weapon system officer caleb king who played football at the naval academy and graduated in 2012. the jet came from a squadron that deployed last year aboard uss george wh bush carrying out air strikes against isis. the pentagon would not say whether the crash resulted from years of combat and budget cuts. readiness is at the center of what we are doing right now. i think that pilots are going to be flying more in training is going to pick up. today only half of the navy super hornet fleet can fly. president trump spoke in front of an f-18 at a bowling hangar in missouri hours after the crash. the f-18, one of my favorite planes, it is a work of art. the 2018 depends budget calls for $48 billion to rebuild u.s. aviation parade $11.7 billion to repair old jets, $32.5 billion ....
Otherwise we are going to buy them from somebody else. a $4 billion agreement for two new air force one planes, the president touted tax reform and phase 2 of his historic plan. rob: and f-18 navy fighter jet crashing off key west, florida and two pilots are dead. jillian: what do we know? another training tragedy. the super hornet jet caught fire midair and crashed according to witnesses. two naval aviators eject it but did not survive lose this happened off the coast of key west, florida, the jet was on final approach, a source telling fox news the jet was flying on one engine when it lost the other at low altitude. ....