Lieutenant General Jacqueline Van Ovost is the fourth Air Force woman test pilot; she has logged over 4,200 hours in more than twenty different types of aircraft. She grew up around aviation, earned her private pilot's license at 17, and became commercial and instructor rated at 18. She is a 1988 U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, a distinguished graduate of class 89-12 from Air Force undergraduate pilot training, and a member of class 93B from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Van Ovost has commanded a KC-135 tanker squadron and two flying wings, including the presidential airlift wing at Joint Base Andrews. General Van Ovost served as Vice Director of the Joint Staff before joining the Air Staff; she is currently the Director of the Air Staff at the Pentagon.
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Military Women Aviators Oral History Initiative (MWAOHI), NASM.2020.0005, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
