Olga E. Custodio

Olga E. Custodio
Born (1953-01-22) January 22, 1953 (age 71)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Service/branch United States Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Years of service1980–2003
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Other workAmerican Airlines Pilot - one of the first Hispanic women to become a commercial airline captain

Lieutenant Colonel Olga E. Custodio [note 1] (born 1953) is a former United States Air Force officer who became the first female Hispanic U.S. military pilot. She was the first Hispanic woman to complete U.S. Air Force military pilot training. Upon retiring from the military, she became the first female Hispanic commercial airline captain of American Airlines.[1]


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