Kara Hultgreen | |
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 Hultgreen with an F-14 Tomcat | |
| Nickname(s) | Revlon |
| Born | October 5, 1965 Greenwich, Connecticut, US |
| Died | October 25, 1994 (aged 29) off San Diego, California, US |
| Place of burial | |
| Service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1987–1994 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
Kara S. Hultgreen[1] (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.[2] She died just months after she was certified for combat, when her F-14 Tomcat crashed into the sea on final approach to USS Abraham Lincoln.