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Col Kimberly D. Olson, USAF Ret. Oral History Part 1
Publication date: 31 July 2024
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title:
Col Kimberly D. Olson, USAF Ret. Oral History Part 1
creator:
Olson, Kimberly D. (Baird)
subject:
Air Force
description:
Part 1 of 2 of an oral history recorded at the Memorial. 1st gen of women AF pilots, author of Iraq and Back, interviewed at Memorial, consent, no bio, no transcript | Lt Col Olson is the commander of an operational flying squadron, the Screamin' Eagles from Fairchild AFB, WA. She has 12 KC-135R/T aircraft and 106 airmen assigned to her squadron. She has over 3,600 hours of mishap-free flying, 18 combat-support sorties and commanded 192 airmen in Saudi Arabia in 1997. She was one of four people to receive the first Federally Employed Women and Department of Defense leadership award. | She retired with the rank of colonel, and for her service she was awarded a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with an oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with an oak leaf cluster, Air Force Achievement Medal with an oak leaf cluster, and Combat Readiness Medal.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Reborchick, Marcy
date:
2006-10-12
type:
Moving Image
format:
Mini-DV
identifier:
704.01; 2007.704
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
336316
coverage:
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 1979-2005
rights:
Unrestricted