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Duckworth Takes Helm of Senate Aviation Panel

Sen. Duckworth, a pilot and now chair of the Senate aviation subcommittee, has been active on aviation issues since first entering Congress in 2013.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), a pilot and now chair of the Senate aviation subcommittee has been active on aviation issues since first entering Congress in 2013. (Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio; Renee Bouchard)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

February 6, 2023

The Senate Commerce Committee has rounded out its subcommittee chairs, naming Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) to lead the panel on aviation safety, operations, and innovation. Duckworth takes the reins from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona), who remains on the committee.

A member of the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame, Duckworth has been active on a range of issues since first becoming a member of the House in 2013 and then the Senate in 2017. Duckworth is a former Black Hawk pilot who flew combat missions and lost both of her legs and partial use of one arm when a rocket-propelled grenade hit her helicopter during a mission north of Baghdad in 2004. She has since flown as a civilian pilot.

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