Kristin Bass

Kristin L Bass served as a United States Air Force officer. She made history by becoming the first and only female fighter pilot assigned at the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Kristin L Bass
RankAir Force Pilot

Bass flew both F-16 Fighting Falcons and A-10C Thunderbolt II "Warthogs" during her stint at 188th and was the unit's first and lone female pilot. Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt.) Bass was accepted as 188th Fighter Wing's first female pilot trainee, in February 1999[1] and made her first training mission flight with F-16 Fighting Falcon on 4 April 2002,[2][3] and later she became an A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthogs" pilot until 2008, following her final flight with A-10 at the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith, Ark., October 6, 2008.[4]

She has been announced in air force news and media several times, as one of the first Women fighter pilots who earned respect on air force magazine article "The Quiet Pioneers" in December 2002[5] 188th Fighter Wing's celebrating Women's History Month on 6 March 2010,[6] Flying Razorback Flashback as 188th's first female pilot in March 2015[1] and "Women at War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts" book written by James E. Wise, Jr., Scott Baron, Naval Institute Press, 2011.[7]

References
  1. "Flying Razorback Flashback - March 2015: Bass 188th's first female pilot". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  2. Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Imaging Command. 1988-ca. 1993 (Predecessor); Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency (Predecessor); Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994- (4 April 2002). "Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Kevin J. Jones, USAF, Crewchief, assists Second Lieutenant (2LT) Kristin L Bass, USAF, as she prepares to egress her F-16C Fighting Falcon after her first unit training flight. Both are with the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith, Arkansas" – via US National Archives Research Catalog.
  3. Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Imaging Command. 1988-ca. 1993 (Predecessor); Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency (Predecessor); Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994- (4 April 2002). "The first female F-16 Fighting Falcon Pilot, Second Lieutenant (2LT) Kristin L Bass, USAF, checks the maintenance logs with crewchiefs Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Robert M Grimm, USAF, and TSGT Kevin J. Jones, USAF, prior to her first training mission flight with the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith, Arkansas" – via US National Archives Research Catalog.
  4. Wilson, Jessica (February 26, 2010). "188th Fighter Wing to celebrate Women's History Month; State Command Sgt. Major tabbed as unit's guest speaker". 188th Fighter Wing. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "The Quiet Pioneers" (PDF). www.airforcemag.com. 2002. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  6. "188th Fighter Wing to celebrate Women's History Month; State Command Sgt. Major tabbed as unit's guest speaker". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  7. "isbn:159114972X - Google Search". books.google.com.

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