Martha McSally, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Martha McSally

United States Senator from Arizona

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1966

Place of Birth: Warwick, Rhode Island, United States

Profession: politician, professor, military officer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Martha McSally

  • Martha Elizabeth McSally (born March 22, 1966) is a United States Air Force (USAF) combat veteran and politician serving as the junior United States Senator for Arizona.
  • A Republican, she previously served as the U.S.
  • Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district. McSally served in the USAF from 1988 to 2010 and rose to the rank of colonel before retiring.
  • One of the highest-ranking female pilots in the history of the Air Force, McSally was the first American woman to fly in combat following the 1991 lifting of the prohibition on female combat pilots.
  • McSally flew the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft over Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Southern Watch.
  • She was also the first female commander of a USAF fighter squadron (the 354th Fighter Squadron (354 FS), based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base).
  • In 2001, she sued the United States Department of Defense in McSally v.
  • Rumsfeld, challenging the military policy that required United States and United Kingdom servicewomen stationed in Saudi Arabia to wear the body-covering abaya when traveling off base in the country. Following an unsuccessful congressional bid in 2012, McSally was first elected to the U.S.
  • House of Representatives in 2014.
  • She served two terms as the U.S.
  • Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district.
  • McSally was the Republican nominee in Arizona's 2018 U.S.
  • Senate election, losing 50–48% to Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, while Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick won McSally's seat in the House elections.
  • Following that election, interim U.S.
  • Senator Jon Kyl announced his resignation from the state's other Senate seat, and Republican Governor Doug Ducey appointed McSally to succeed Kyl.

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