About Nicole
Colonel Nicole Malachowski is a retired U.S. Air Force officer with a 21-year military career. Born in Santa Maria, California, she graduated from high school in Las Vegas, Nevada and earned her Air Force Academy commission in 1996 with a degree in Management and a minor in French. She became a fighter pilot with over 2,300 flight hours across six aircraft types and completed over 188 combat hours in Operation Deliberate Force and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Military and Security ExpertMotivationalSpeakerConsultant / Advisor
Known for
- First woman to fly on a Department of Defense military jet demonstration team (Thunderbirds pilot)
- Fighter pilot with combat experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Commander of the 333rd Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson AFB
- White House Fellow and director of the Joining Forces program
- Combat veteran and military leadership expert
- Tick-borne illness advocate and patient reviewer for medical research programs
- Motivational speaker on resilience and overcoming adversity
- Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel
- Fighter pilot
- Squadron commander
- Motivational speaker
- Military consultant
- Patient advocate
- Military leadership and aviation
- Combat operations
- Leadership and change management
- Team performance and trust
- Resilience and adversity
- Diversity in aviation and military
- Tick-borne illness and chronic illness
- Veteran support and transition
- Women in aviation and leadership
- High-performance organizational culture
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