Dr. Sheila Chamberlain became the United States Army's First African American Woman Combat Intelligence Aviator/Pilot and has been a Commercial Instrument Rated Pilot since 1985. She served during the Persian Gulf War, the Grenada and Panama invasions, and four hardship tours in South Korea. Chamberlain is credited with streamlining all Combat Aviation Intelligence in the entire Southeast Asia Region. She was also a Special Intell/Ops Reconnaissance Chief in Latin America and Threat Aviation Officer. Chamberlain is credited with her work on the AH-64 Apache Longbow, Comanche aircraft, V-22 (before Marines/Navy was given the project), Worldwide Close Combat Heavy Mission Area Wargamer and Material Acquisition. In addition she rewrote the US Army's Air Traffic Control Force Modernization Plan.