 2nd LT Kristin
L. Bass
Oklahoma US National Guard |
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Maj. Nicole
Malachowski
Thunderbird 3 |
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Maj. Jacquelyn
Susan "Jackie" Parker
was one of the first female fighter pilots assigned to an F-16
Viper squadron |
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Capt. Christina
"Shaq" Szasz
F-16CJ + F117A pilot |
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Capt. Leigh
Noel
22nd Fighter Squadron |
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Maj. Catharine
Gaetke
523th Fighter Squadron |
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Maj. Kathryn Gaetke, 14th Fighter Squadron pilot,
prepares to exit her F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft after completing
a mission during Keen Sword 2013 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov.
8, 2012. Gaetke was one of the first pilots to land after completing
a simulated mission objective for the exercise. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Airman 1st Class Kenna Jackson) |
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kathryn Gaetke, 14th Fighter
Squadron pilot, returns to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 25, 2012.
In August, Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing’s 14 FS and
35th Maintenance and Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons deployed
to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo
by Airman 1st Class Kenna Jackson) |
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Maj. Shawna
Rochelle Kimbrell
Ng-A-Qui, 555th Fighter Squadron, is the first African-American
female fighter pilot in the Air Force |
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Capt. Kerri
"Polar" Fuhs
4th Fighter Squadron, climbs into an F-16 Fighting Falcon before
a training mission at Hill Air Force Base on Oct. 21. Fuhs spent
several months in Iraq and will deploy again in early 2009. |
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Maj. Tally
"Vixen" Parham |
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with Mary Melfi and 1st Lt. Julie Ayres (F-15E
Strike Eagle weapons system officers) |
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Donna Kohout
Douglass (left AF in 2005) |
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Capt. Betsy
Dombert
FW, Kunsan AB |
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Capt. Betsy
Hand
77th Fighter Squadron |
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Maj. Caroline
Jensen
Thunderbird 3 |
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Maj. Samantha
Weeks
Thunderbird 6 |
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Lt. Col. Stephanie
Wolfgehe
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Elizabeth Kreft
Thunderbird 12 (PA) |
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Capt Kristin
Hubbard
Thunderbird 8 (Advance Pilot/Narrator) |
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Maj. Windy
Hendrick |
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Maj. Windy Hendrick, a F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot,
sits in her jet waiting for the scramble order at Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz. Hendrick works 24-hour shifts on
alert several times per month with the Arizona Air National Guard.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III) Digital
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Heather “Lucky”
Penney |
Its iimportant to recognize her in remembrance
of September 11th, Heather “Lucky” Penney. She (and
her vice commander) was willing to give their lives by ramming
United Flight 93 with their F-16s. |
Heather Penney, a Purdue alumna and Air Force
fighter pilot, stands with her parents, John and Stephanie Penney,
before she departs for Iraq in 2003. |
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1st. Lt. Leah
Murakami |
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1st. Lt. Leah Murakami ,The first Asian female
fighter pilot in the U.S. and the first female F-16 pilot assigned
to the 177th Fighter Wing. |
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Capt. Carrie Bell
Det. 388, Hill Air Force Base, Utah |
Capt. Christina "Thumper" Hopper |
Capt. Kristin Hubbard
36th Fighter Squadron |
Maj. Gina "Torch" Sabric
Nellis Air Force Base, NV, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing |
Capt. Jennifer Wade |
Capt. Dawn Hokaj
552th Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB |
Lt. Col. Sharon Preszler
20th Fighter Wing staff director and Commander's
Action Group director, prepares for her fini flight Thursday
at Shaw. Col. Preszler was the first female active-duty fighter
pilot. |
Kalaya Jarbsunthie
Nellis AFB Nevada in 1989. It was Kalaya's senior
year and she was the first female ROTC cadet to earn the privilege
of a ride in the fighter. She was also the commander of the ROTC
unit at Rancho High School in Las Vegas. After graduation Kalaya
went to the Air Force Academy. She stayed one year, then turned
down her commission and went back to Nevada., September 7, 2002
tragically died when the Mercy Air helicopter (N417MA) crashed
six miles south of the California-Nevada. |
Maj. Allena Lewis
U.S. Air Force Maj. Allena Lewis hands her
flight bag to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Stephen Lewis after
completing combat training during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson
Air Force Base, Alaska, June 14, 2012. Allena, a pilot, is assigned
to the 77th Fighter Squadron, and Lewis, a crew chief, is assigned
to the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base,
S.C. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. |
First Lt. Clancly Morrical
36th Fighter Squadron pilot, stands by her F-16
Fighting Falcon March 13, 2013, at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
Morrical is Osan’s only female pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior
Airman Alexis Siekert) |
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 Captain Ha Jung-mi
achieved a piece of South Korean history by becoming the first
female airforce pilot to fly a KF-16 |
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 Major Marianne
Mjelde Knutsen |
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 Lt. Manja Blok
The first female fighter pilot in the Koninklijke Luchtmacht/Royal
Netherlands Air Force (RNlAF). |
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Karen Vandenbroucke
Lt Line Bonde
Lt. Berna Sen
unknown name
