Meet the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s First Female F-35A Lightning II Pilot

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Meet the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s First Female F-35A Lightning II Pilot
Sep 08 2018 - 0 Comments
By Tom Demerly
USAF Reserve Col. Regina Sabric Is Also Commander of 419th Fighter Wing.

Colonel Regina Sabric, callsign “Torch”, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania has become the first female Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Col. Sabric is also commander of the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB in Utah, a unit she assumed command of in April of 2018.

Col. Sabric brings extensive tactical, combat and even special operations aviation experience to the F-35A and the 419th Wing having well over 2,500 hours flying experience across 10 different aircraft in 22 years. Sabric has flown the T-34, T-39, T-1 and T-37 trainers. She also flew the T-38 Talon in an aggressor simulation role and the AT-38. She has experience in the F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft, including as an instructor in the F-16. Her perspective as a tactical combat pilot in the evolving aerial battlefield includes time flying the MQ-9 Predator remotely piloted aircraft and the secretive C-146 special operations transport when she served as commander of the 919th Special Operations Group. Sabric also served as Chief, Combat Air Forces Requirements for the Air Force Reserve at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

https://theaviationist.com/2018/09/08/meet-the-u-s-air-force-reserves-first-female-f-35a-lightning-ii-pilot/

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Meet the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s First Female F-35A Lightning II Pilot
Sep 08 2018 - 0 Comments
By Tom Demerly
USAF Reserve Col. Regina Sabric Is Also Commander of 419th Fighter Wing.

Colonel Regina Sabric, callsign “Torch”, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania has become the first female Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Col. Sabric is also commander of the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB in Utah, a unit she assumed command of in April of 2018.

Col. Sabric brings extensive tactical, combat and even special operations aviation experience to the F-35A and the 419th Wing having well over 2,500 hours flying experience across 10 different aircraft in 22 years. Sabric has flown the T-34, T-39, T-1 and T-37 trainers. She also flew the T-38 Talon in an aggressor simulation role and the AT-38. She has experience in the F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft, including as an instructor in the F-16. Her perspective as a tactical combat pilot in the evolving aerial battlefield includes time flying the MQ-9 Predator remotely piloted aircraft and the secretive C-146 special operations transport when she served as commander of the 919th Special Operations Group. Sabric also served as Chief, Combat Air Forces Requirements for the Air Force Reserve at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

https://theaviationist.com/2018/09/08/meet-the-u-s-air-force-reserves-first-female-f-35a-lightning-ii-pilot/

Ok,those are a  lot of words to end up saying the closest she has ever been to combat was flying a drone.

She is CLEARLY locked into the "Good Old Boys Network",though. Some Rabbi has been directing her career from afar to make sure she got the right assignments for promotions.

I would be a HELL of a lot more impressed with her if she were a 28 year old Lt or Captain that was flying a F-35,though. Her position as airwing commander guarantees she will NEVER fly a single combat mission in her life.