Shawna kimbrell biography

Lieutenant Colonel Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first African American female fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.

Shawna Kimbrell: First African American female fighter pilot

Kimbrell was born in Lafayette, Indiana on April 20, 1976. Her parents, Eve Blackman Ng A Qui and Dr. Norman N A Qui, migrated from Guyana and were naturalized citizens by the time Kimbrell was born. In her youth, the family moved to Parker, Colorado, and Kimbrell attended school there. She decided she wanted to become a fighter pilot in the fourth grade and had her first flight lesson at the age of fourteen.

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She joined the Civil Air Patrol and worked at air shows while earning her private pilot’s license.

Kimbrell received her commission after she graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado in 1998, with a Bachelor of Science in general engineering. She later received a master’s in business administration from Touro University in Nevada in August 2005.

Kimbrell attended undergraduate pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB) in Del Rio, Tex Shawna Kimbrell - Wikipedia JYFU