Dawn Dunlop

Dawn M. Dunlop is a retired United States Air Force Major General. Prior to her retirement she served as the Director, Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

In 1993, Dunlop was selected as one of the first U.S. women to fly combat aircraft. Later, she was also the first woman to fly the F-22 and to command a Test Wing.

Prior to her retirement, Dunlop was the highest ranking female fighter pilot in the Air Force. where she was a recruited as an athlete to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. She was a volleyball standout there, earning Academic All-American MVP honors in 1987 and the Academy's Athletic Leadership Award in 1988.

In 1988 Dunlop received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences from the U.S. Air Force Academy and in 1989 received a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering from Columbia University in New York. At the time women were not allowed to select fighter aircraft, so Dunlop took an assignment as a T-38 instructor pilot. She then served as Chief, Air Force Senate Liaison before returning to Edwards AFB as the Vice Commander and then Commander of the 412th Test Wing, The Air Force subsequently assigned Dunlop as Director, Operational Capability Requirements in the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic, Integration, and Requirements. She retired in November 2021 in the grade of Major General.