NADA 2022

Nicole Malachowski

First Woman Thunderbird Pilot, Combat Veteran, Fighter Squadron Commander, White House Fellow and Adviser, and Indomitable Spirit


Malachowski was born in Santa Maria, Calif., and graduated from high school in Las Vegas. She earned a master of arts, with honors, in national security policy from American Military University and a second master of arts, with highest distinction, in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College. Malachowski and husband Paul, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former F-15E Evaluator weapons systems officer, have twin children: son Garrick and daughter Norah.

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