She piloted the team's KC-130 Hercules support aircraft, "Fat Albert."[50] 2015 Nora Tyson was installed as the commander of the Navy’s Third Fleet, making her the first woman to lead a Navy ship fleet.[51][52] 2015 Cheryl Hansen became the first female commander of the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi.[53] 2015 In December 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter stated that starting in 2016 all combat jobs would open to women.[16] 2016 In March 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter approved final plans from military service branches and the U.S. Special Operations Command to open all combat jobs to women, and authorized the military to begin integrating female combat soldiers "right away."[54]