Pilot & Air Force Academy Grad Christy Wise Makes History: First Female Amputee To Return To Flying

Denver CO

18 January, 2021

2:15 PM

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CBS Denver January 18, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A 2009 Air Force Academy graduate is the first female amputee in the Air Force to return to flying duty after a devastating accident. Major Christy Wise was paddleboarding in Florida in 2015 when a boat propeller hit her. She lost her right leg. Read more at CBS Denver