# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kara-hultgreen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:40:31.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kara-hultgreen"
name: "Kara Hultgreen"
slug: "kara-hultgreen"
description: "Kara Spears Hultgreen was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. She died just months after she was certified for combat, when the F-14 Tomcat she was piloting crashed into the sea on final approach to the USS Abraham Lincoln."
tagline: "US Navy aviator (1965–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K_hultgreen_F14.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1965-10-05"
deathDate: "1994-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.700589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hultgreen"
    title: "Kara Hultgreen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كارا هولتجرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Spears_Hultgreen"
    title: "Kara Spears Hultgreen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hultgreen"
    title: "Kara Hultgreen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کارا هولتگرین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hultgreen"
    title: "Kara Hultgreen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Халтгрин, Кара Спирс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump