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  • Thunderbirds fulfill her lifelong need for speed (first woman to fly with squadron, #3 right wing)

    10/01/2006 8:23:12 AM PDT · by ajolympian2004 · 16 replies · 2,473+ views
    CNN ^ | Friday September 29th, 2006 | Alex Quade
    Just an awe inspiring story! By Alex Quade CNN WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- Air Force Maj. Nicole Malachowski says she always has wanted to fly -- and fly fast. She got her private pilot's certificate before she got her driver's license, and she's been soaring ever since. When Congress changed the rules in the early 1990s, allowing women to fly combat missions, her future was sealed. Now at 31, Malachowski is the newest member of the Air Force's Thunderbird demonstration squadron -- the first woman on any U.S. military high performance jet team. "People talk about glass ceilings or breaking...