Kim Campbell (pilot)
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Kim Campbell | |
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.jpg) Campbell in 2003 | |
| Birth name | Kim Nichole Reed |
| Nickname | "Killer Chick" |
| Born | June 6, 1975 |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1997–2021[1] |
| Rank | Colonel[2] |
| Commands | 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 the Director of the Center for Character and Leadership Development.[4]
In 2023, she was a visiting professor at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel teaching Leadership & International Security.[5][6]
She is married to another A-10 pilot, Colonel Scott Campbell, whom she met at the Air Force Academy.[2]
Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy in 1997, where she was the cadet wing commander (the highest position a USAFA cadet can achieve), as was her father during his time as a cadet at the Air Force Academy; the first time that a father and daughter both served as cadet wing commander.[7]
