Lieutenant colonel Kathy La Sauce (born 1949 or 1950) is a former United States Air Force (USAF) pilot. She was the first woman to pilot a C-141 Starlifter, and the first woman aircraft commander at Norton Air Force Base.

La Sauce was born in 1949 or 1950. She graduated college in the early 1970s^[1] and worked as an English teacher in New York.^[2] She joined the United States Air Force in 1972 with no flying expirience.^[3] She began flight training at Williams Air Force Base on September 29, 1976 with a group of women, Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) class 77-08, many of whom would go on to attain notable achievements in their field. The class became the USAF's first class of women graduates on September 2, 1977.^[4] La Sauce reitred from the military in 1992.^[5] La Sauce and the other members of UPT class 77-08 were inducted to the Women in Aviation, International Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2016.^[6]

She reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.^[7]

• Women in aviation