Rosemary Bryant Mariner

Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner (née Merims, formerly Conatser; April 2, 1953 – January 24, 2019) was an American aviator. She was one of the first six women to earn their wings as a United States Naval Aviator in 1974. She was the first female military aviator to be in command of an operational air squadron.
Mariner died on January 24, 2019 in Anderson County, Tennessee, aged 65 from ovarian cancer.