Kara S. Hultgreen (October 5, 1965 – October 25, 1994) was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. She died just months after she was certified for combat, when she crashed her F-14 Tomcat into the sea on final approach to USS Abraham Lincoln.
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5 October 1965 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
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Died |
25 October 1994 (aged 29) San Diego, California, United States
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Zodiac | Libra |
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