Erin Overcash
American aerospace engineer (born 1986)
Erin Roxie Overcash (born November 29, 1990) is an American aerospace engineer, Navy test pilot, and astronaut candidate in NASA Astronaut Group 24. She is also a former rugby union player who represented the United States in international competition.
Early life and education
Overcash was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1990. She attended North Oldham High School in Goshen, Kentucky and became the Kentucky State Champion at high jump twice. She studied aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, graduating with a bachelor's in 2014 and a master's in bioastronautics and engineering entrepreneurship in 2017.
After graduation, she commissioned into the U.S. Navy as an operational pilot of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with Strike Fighter Squadron 102. She was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan and served multiple deployments in the Pacific and Middle East until 2022.
Overcash attended the United States Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, graduating with Class 162 in 2023. Afterwards, she served as an F/A-18E, F/A-18F, and Boeing EA-18G Growler test pilot and accrued more than 1,300 flight hours in 20 different aircraft, including 249 landings on naval aircraft carriers. Her call sign is "Loft".
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