Kara S. Hultgreen
Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.
She was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. She died just months after she was certified for combat when her F-14 Tomcat crashed into the sea on final approach to USS Abraham Lincoln.