Kim Campbell | |
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&sq=Yale_School_of_Management&lang=en&file=File:Kim_campbell_a10.jpg) Captain Kim Campbell viewing her damaged A-10 | |
| Birth name | Kim Nichole Reed |
| Nickname(s) | "Killer Chick" |
| Born | June 6, 1975 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1997–2021[1] |
| Rank | Colonel[2] |
| Commands held | 612th Theater Operations Group 355th Operations Support Squadron |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Alma mater | |
Colonel Kim Nichole Reed-Campbell (born June 6, 1975)[3] is a retired United States Air Force officer and Command Pilot.[1] She was decorated for piloting her A-10 Thunderbolt II back to base in southern Iraq after taking heavy anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) damage in aerial combat over Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. After her tour of duty in Iraq ended, Campbell gave lectures throughout the United States about her experience, including one at the National Air and Space Museum. Campbell was promoted to the rank of major in 2006.
Colonel Campbell was Commander, 612th Theater Operations Group, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, from July 2016 to June 2018. Her final assignment was at the United States Air Force Academy as Faculty Chair, Airpower Innovation & Integration, Department of Military and Strategic Studies.[4]
Since 2023, she is a visiting professor at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel.[5][6]
She is married to another A-10 pilot, Colonel Scott Campbell, whom she met at the Air Force Academy.[2]
- ^ a b "Kim N, "KC" Campbell". Veterans Tributes. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b Irwin, Mark (Jan 19, 2018). "A Military Family". Rotary Club of Tucson. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Jane Erikson. "Her plane shot up over Iraq, Air Force captain completed a dangerous flight to safety". American valor. Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ^ "Colonel Kim Campbell". US Air Force Academy. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Col. KC linkedin. "Likedin page". Linkedin. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Reichman University Syllabus, Col. KC course syllabus. "Archived copy". runi.ac.il. RU Herzeliyya. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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