Biography

Major Holmes currently serves as the 48th HCOS Director of Operations, Primary Care Flight Commander, and 48th Medical Group Biomedical Sciences Executive, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. She earned her commission through the Health Professions Scholarship Program and entered active duty in 2013 upon completing her Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies at the University of South Alabama. She is a board-certified Physician Assistant and holds the International Health Specialist Special Experience Identifier. She deployed to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operations INHERENT RESOLVE and SPARTAN SHIELD in 2024. Prior to her current assignment, she served as the Warrior Medicine Flight Commander at Peterson SFB, Colorado, where she led 21 personnel in the Space Force’s largest active-duty clinic. Katie is the proud wife to her husband, Gareth, and the mother of two children.