I am ... a little disturbed that this also ended up just about the way I thought it would! Seems like maybe a Gary Powers reference, aside from being a few decades late.
The the well-known supersonic unit, the Blackbird. This is 2Lt. Theresa Powers (age 16) of the United States of Liberion Air Force. She was originally part of a flight unit, but was eventually demoted to an ELINT squad after taking voyeuristic photos of her fellow flight members. She specialized in gathering information on long-range SSM launches during the Gulf Coast Neuroi war, and the intelligence she gathered changed the fate of the war. ... apparently.
