US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devlin BishopJohnson's tenure with the A-10 dates back to her early days in the Air Force. She graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2014 and, in December 2016, joined the 355th Training Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona as an A-10 student pilot. She piloted the A-10 in South Korea and Afghanistan before returning to Davis-Monthan as an A-10 instructor pilot and flight commander in August 2021. In March 2023, Johnson was certified as the new commander of the A-10 demo team, becoming the first female pilot to assume the role. Nonetheless, Johnson said once you're in the cockpit of the aircraft, "the airplane doesn't know the difference whether I'm a male or female."

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Persons: Johnson, Devlin Bishop Johnson's, It's, That's Organizations: Laughlin, US Air Force, Air Force, Air Force Academy, 355th Training Squadron, Davis, Monthan Air Force Base, Monthan Locations: Arizona, South Korea, Afghanistan