Horgan, 31, flew C-130 Hercules transport aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida before attending TPS. Both of her parents were Air Force aviators, and she knew she wanted to fly since she was a child.
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Capt. Rachel 'Tumble' Williams, test pilot
Age 29, she attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and flew C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft in Texas before getting into TPS. She grew up near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched shuttle rocket launches from her driveway growing up. Her father was an Air Force pilot.
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Capt. Sarah 'Booster' Vorgert, flight test engineer
Vorgert, 27, worked as a weapons tester at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida before going to TPS. She is one of the youngest students to be accepted into the school and started going to air shows as a toddler.
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Capt. Kalyn 'PsiPhi' Tung, flight test engineer
Age 30, she graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and stayed to teach there. She thought airplanes were cool and had a female teacher she looked up to who graduated from TPS, which made her want to pursue a career in flight test.
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Raina 'Shade' Duncan, civilian flight test engineer
Age 35, Duncan worked at Edwards Air Force Base for 11 years on the flight line and on T-7 jet trainers before she was accepted into TPS. The mother of a 2-year-old daughter, she attended her first air show when she was 3 years old.
