COLONEL MERRY TENGESDAL ONLY BLACK AMERICAN U-2 PILOT

African-American U-2 spy plane pilot promoted to colonel after a decade flying risky missions at altitudes of 13 MILES

• Lt Colonel Merryl Tengesdal joined the elite U-2 program in 2004 
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  The Bronx native is one of eight female U-2 pilots and the only African-American female pilot 
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  Tengesdal has logged 3,400 flight hours, 330 combat hours and served missions in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa

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