Kim Campbell (pilot)
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Captain Kim Campbell viewing her damaged A-10
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| Birth name | Kim Nichole Reed |
| Born |
June 6, 1975 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1998–present |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Unit | 357th Fighter Squadron |
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Kim Nichole Reed-Campbell (born June 6, 1975 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American officer and Senior Pilot in the U.S. Air Force who currently serves as a Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the United States Department of Defense. She was decorated for piloting her A-10 Thunderbolt II back to base in southern Iraq after taking heavy anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) damage in aerial combat over Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. After her tour of duty in Iraq ended, Campbell gave lectures throughout the United States about her experience, including one at the National Air and Space Museum. Kim Campbell was promoted to the rank of Major in the autumn of 2006.
She is married to another A-10 pilot, Colonel Scott Campbell, whom she met at the Air Force Academy.
Campbell is the daughter of the mayor of San Jose (and former USAF Captain) Chuck Reed. She joined the Civil Air Patrol as a cadet at age 13 and made her first solo flight in a civilian aircraft over San Jose at age 16.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy in 1997 where she was the cadet wing commander, as was her father during his time as a cadet at the Air Force Academy, the first time that a father and daughter both served as cadet wing commander. She holds a degree in International Security Studies from the University of Reading, United Kingdom, and a Masters in Business Administration from Imperial College London, United Kingdom, which she undertook while on a Marshall Scholarship.
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