Nicole Malinkowski

The first female Thunderbird pilot.

Women in America might put up with what’s going on if we did indeed return to that 1950s world … where dad worked and mom stayed home. That’s obviously NOT the plan, and things like this … they don’t always draw comments, but they absolutely do get noticed … and they won’t be forgotten.

Colonel Nicole Malinkowski’s name was new to me, but she stands with Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart, Jaqueline Cochran, and Kara Hultgreen, all names I did not have to Google.