Nicole Malachowski

Well, good morning, everybody. Thanks so much for having me. It's a joy to be here.

Well, good morning, everybody. Thanks so much for having me. It's a joy to be here.

Well, good morning, everybody. Thanks so much for having me. It's a joy to be here.

Well, the same right back to you. I've been obviously following your career and I think our military careers were indeed were very parallel.

Well, the same right back to you. I've been obviously following your career and I think our military careers were indeed were very parallel.

Well, the same right back to you. I've been obviously following your career and I think our military careers were indeed were very parallel.

So I don't know about I don't know about much older Denver.

So I don't know about I don't know about much older Denver.

So I don't know about I don't know about much older Denver.

Which one did you like to fly better? I get asked this question a lot and it's a totally reasonable question. I often say it's a little bit like apples and oranges though because the F-15E Strike Eagle is the jet I began my career in. That's the jet that I flew operationally. I led my peers in combat in that jet. It's always going to be, if you will, my first love

Which one did you like to fly better? I get asked this question a lot and it's a totally reasonable question. I often say it's a little bit like apples and oranges though because the F-15E Strike Eagle is the jet I began my career in. That's the jet that I flew operationally. I led my peers in combat in that jet. It's always going to be, if you will, my first love

Which one did you like to fly better? I get asked this question a lot and it's a totally reasonable question. I often say it's a little bit like apples and oranges though because the F-15E Strike Eagle is the jet I began my career in. That's the jet that I flew operationally. I led my peers in combat in that jet. It's always going to be, if you will, my first love

The F-16 itself was certainly a heck of a lot of fun to fly, but I only flew that during the air show season with the Thunderbirds. So I never really knew how to fly the F-16 as a complete weapon system. So at the end of the day, I'm always going to say the F-15E Strike Eagle. Also, you know, my husband was a weapons systems officer, so if I hadn't flown Strike Eagles, I wouldn't have met him.

The F-16 itself was certainly a heck of a lot of fun to fly, but I only flew that during the air show season with the Thunderbirds. So I never really knew how to fly the F-16 as a complete weapon system. So at the end of the day, I'm always going to say the F-15E Strike Eagle. Also, you know, my husband was a weapons systems officer, so if I hadn't flown Strike Eagles, I wouldn't have met him.

The F-16 itself was certainly a heck of a lot of fun to fly, but I only flew that during the air show season with the Thunderbirds. So I never really knew how to fly the F-16 as a complete weapon system. So at the end of the day, I'm always going to say the F-15E Strike Eagle. Also, you know, my husband was a weapons systems officer, so if I hadn't flown Strike Eagles, I wouldn't have met him.

That's a funny story, actually. Yes, indeed. We met in my very first fighter squadron, which was at the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lake and Heath out there in the United Kingdom. And as I was going through combat mission ready, this is when I met him, I flew one I flew one sortie with him.

That's a funny story, actually. Yes, indeed. We met in my very first fighter squadron, which was at the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lake and Heath out there in the United Kingdom. And as I was going through combat mission ready, this is when I met him, I flew one I flew one sortie with him.

That's a funny story, actually. Yes, indeed. We met in my very first fighter squadron, which was at the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lake and Heath out there in the United Kingdom. And as I was going through combat mission ready, this is when I met him, I flew one I flew one sortie with him.

He was a brand new instructor and this was well before we started dating, but it's kind of funny because I remember looking at his last name and I couldn't pronounce it. I'm like Malachowski, Malachowski. And I used to make fun of his last name. Little did I know I would take that name and I've been living with it for 24 years as Malachowski.

He was a brand new instructor and this was well before we started dating, but it's kind of funny because I remember looking at his last name and I couldn't pronounce it. I'm like Malachowski, Malachowski. And I used to make fun of his last name. Little did I know I would take that name and I've been living with it for 24 years as Malachowski.