Real American Hero: Lt. Kara Spears Hultgreen
Kara Spears Hultgreen[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.
Hultgreen was a Distinguished Naval Graduate of the Aviation Officer Candidate School at Naval Air Station Pensacola. She was one of the first female pilots to complete F-14 Tomcat training at NAS Miramar, California.
According to a Wikipedia entry, “Her call signs were “Hulk” or “She-Hulk“, for her ability to bench press 200 pounds (91 kg), her 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) frame,[1] and a play on her surname.”