Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayan kammala karatunta daga Syracuse, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata huɗu da aka zaɓa don Horar da Jirgin Sama na Farko a Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Bayan ta sami fuka-fukan jirgin sama, ta zauna a Vance har tsawon shekaru uku a matsayin mai koyar da matukin jirgi na T-38 Talon kafin ta koma C-141 Starlifter a Travis Air Force Base, California. Daga 1986 zuwa 1989, an tura ta zuwa Kwalejin Sojojin Sama ta Amurka a Colorado, inda ta kasance mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin lissafi da kuma matukin jirgi mai koyar da T-41. A cikin 1989, Collins ta zama matukin jirgin mata na biyu da ya halarci Makarantar Matukin Jirgin Sama ta Amurka kuma ya kammala karatu tare da aji na 89B. An zaɓe ta don shirin 'yan saman jannati a shekarar 1990. Collins ta auri matukin jirgi Pat Youngs a shekarar 1987; suna da yara biyu.  Tambaya: tsawon lokacin da ta zauna a Vance?
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