Col. Juile Tizard, U.S. Air Force (retired), has been a professional pilot for over 40 years. She was one of the earliest women to graduate from Air Force pilot training and she served in several leadership positions in her 25 years of active duty and Air Force Reserve service. She was an Instructor Pilot flying the T-37 primary jet trainer, Flight Commander, and Chief, Pilot Upgrade. She then flew the KC-10 air refueling tanker as an Aircraft Commander, Flight Commander, and Chief, KC-10 Flight Safety. In the Air Force Reserve, she was a Director, Contingency Operations at Headquarters, Air Mobility Command. She was the founding commander of the 96^th Flying Training Squadron where she supervised 110 instructor pilots flying the T-37, T-38, and T-1 training aircraft. She currently flies as a Captain at a major airline flying the Airbus 320. She has also flown the DC-10, Boeing 737, 757, 767 and was an instructor pilot and Line Check Airman on the Boeing 737 fleet for over nine years.