Captain Katrina Mumaw (born c. 1983 in Lancaster, California), is a United States Air Force Academy graduate and accomplished pilot who holds several records in aviation.[1] On July 12, 1994, at the age of eleven,[2] Mumaw became the youngest person to pilot a Russian MIG-29 fighter jet[3] and also the youngest to break the sound barrier.[2] Because of this media dubbed her "the world's fastest kid" during her youth.[3]