Kim Campbell (pilot)
Colonel Kim Nichole Reed-Campbell (born June 6, 1975) is a retired United States Air Force officer and Command Pilot. 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.
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Captain Kim Campbell viewing her damaged A-10 | |
| Birth name | Kim Nichole Reed |
| Nickname(s) | "Killer Chick" |
| Born | June 6, 1975 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1997–2021 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands held | 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 |
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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 Faculty Chair, Airpower Innovation & Integration, Department of Military and Strategic Studies.
Since 2023, she is a visiting professor at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel.
She is married to another A-10 pilot, Colonel Scott Campbell, whom she met at the Air Force Academy.