Face of Defense: Soldier Breaks Through ‘Glass Ceiling’

New Jersey Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kristina Sofchak, a Black Hawk helicopter maintenance test pilot, says that her mother would always challenge her to think outside the box when it came to her career plans. Sofchak was also inspired in the 1980s by women such as Lynn Rippelmeyer, who became the first woman to fly a Boeing 747.