Sara Annette Joyner (born 1967) is a United States Navy officer. She is the first female strike fighter pilot to command a United States Navy fighter squadron and a carrier air wing. Her promotion to rear admiral (lower half) was authorized by the United States Senate on 25 May 2017. On 24 February, the Secretary of Defence announced that Joyner would be promoted to the rank of rear admiral (upper half); she was pinned on 1 April 2021. She was promoted to vice admiral on 3 June 2022.