Nicole Malachowski Autographs
Nicole Margaret Ellingwood Malachowski (born 26 September 1974) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and the first female pilot selected to fly as part of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds. She later became a speaker and advocate on behalf of patients with tick-borne illnesses.
Malachowski was a Civil Air Patrol cadet before she entered the United States Air Force Academy in 1992. She was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation in 1996. Her first public performance with the Thunderbirds was in March 2006, and her aviator call sign was "FiFi". She spent the 2006 and 2007 air show seasons flying the Number 3 (right wing) aircraft in the diamond formation. Between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, Malachowski was on special assignment, participating in the White House Fellows Program for the Class of 2008–2009, assigned to the General Services Administration. In 2011, she took command of the 333d Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. In September 2015, she returned to the White House to become the executive director of its Joining Forces initiative for supporting veterans, service members, and military families. She was medically retired from the USAF in 2017 after attaining the rank of colonel. In 2019, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Nicole Malachowski was born Nicole Ellingwood in Santa Maria, California, to Cathy and Robert Ellingwood. In high school, she was a cadet member of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol and participated in AFJROTC, where she was rated cadet colonel, the highest rank a cadet could achieve. She started working on her pilot's license before graduating from high school. She graduated from Western High School in Las Vegas in 1992.
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Traded items with a signature of Nicole Malachowski
The most expensive item with a signature of Nicole Malachowski (NICOLE MALACHOWSKI, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED GLOSSY PHOTO, AIR FORCE !) was sold in August 2025 for $102.72 while the cheapest item (NICOLE MALACHOWSKI Hand Signed 4x6 Photo - FIRST FEMALE PILOT USAF THUNDERBIRDS) found a new owner for $0.01 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (6) was June 2023 with an average selling price of $1.75 for an autographed item of Nicole Malachowski. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with $39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was May 2022. In average, an autographed item from Nicole Malachowski is worth $2.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Nicole Malachowski were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Colonel Nicole Malachowski 1st Female Thunderbirds USAF HOF Signed Autograph FDC | $15.99 |  |
| Colonel Nicole Malachowski 1st Female Thunderbirds USAF HOF Signed Autograph FDC | $15.99 | |
| Colonel Nicole Malachowski 1st Female Thunderbirds USAF Signed Autograph Photo | $39.99 | |
| Colonel Nicole Malachowski 1st Female Thunderbirds USAF Signed Autograph Photo | $39.99 | |
| Major Nicole Malachowski Hand Signed Photo - First Female Pilot in Thunderbirds | $26.25 | |
| Major Nicole Malachowski Hand Signed Photo - First Female Pilot in Thunderbirds | $26.25 | |
 | Nicole Malachowski Air Force Thunderbird Pilot Signed 5x7 Photo COA & Top Loader | $31.00 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Air Force Thunderbird Pilot Signed 5x7 Photo COA & Top Loader | $31.00 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Autographed 5 X 7 Photo  | $25.00 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Autographed 5 X 7 Photo  | $25.00 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Signed 4x6 Photo 1st Woman Thunderbird Pilot USAF Air Force | $2.25 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Signed 4x6 Photo 1st Woman Thunderbird Pilot USAF Air Force | $2.25 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Signed 4x6 Photo 1st Woman Thunderbird Pilot USAF Air Force | $0.99 | |
 | Nicole Malachowski Signed 5x7 Photo - USAF Thunderbirds 1st Female Pilot | $11.98 | |
| Nicole Malachowski Signed 5x7 Photo - USAF Thunderbirds 1st Female Pilot | $11.98 | |
