Sunday, March 3, 2019

Lashanda Holmes

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'''Lashanda Holmes''' is a Lieutenant in the [[U.S. Coast Guard]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the first [[African-American]] female [[helicopter pilot]]<ref name=":0"></ref> for the [[Coast Guard]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref> She grew up in the foster care system and put herself through college.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was stationed at Air Station Atlantic City as an aircraft commander and she was deployed five times to [[Washington D.C.]] as a rotary wing air intercept pilot.<ref></ref> She was appointed as a [[White House Fellow]] in 2015 by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref></ref> In 2015-2016 she was the Special Assistant to the [[NASA]] Administrator General [[Charles F. Bolden]].

She received the 2014 Blacks in Government Award. She was selected as one of [[Grio]]’s Top 100 History Makers.

Holmes received her BA in psychology from [[Spelman College]] and is a Bonner Scholar.<ref></ref> She sits on the board of directors for Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum and for Girls Fly!<ref name=":0" />

== References ==


[[Category:Helicopter pilots]]
[[Category:Female helicopter pilots]]


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