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[Neptune]

WTFF???

 

[Neptune]

 

[Nomad16]

dudes do you have women jet pilot ?

 

[Targon]

There are, but few

 

[Nomad16]

There are, but few

do you have any pic of them ?

 

[Targon]

I couldn't find quality pics

 

[Neptune]

dudes do you have women jet pilot ?

A couple dozens.

 

[Nomad16]

I couldn't find quality pics

i cant believe my eye ! does they really drive a f-16 ?? they must be a very brave womens

 

[LegionnairE]

If we include the helicopter pilots, there are like 50 women serving in Turkish Armed Forces' cockpits

 

[revojam]

i cant believe my eye ! does they really drive a f-16 ?? they must be a very brave womens

I remember watching a documentry about women fighter jet pilots in air force about two years ago(2012) in that documentry its said to be there are 10 F-4 and 2 F-16 women pilots in active duty.But mind you this figure belongs to 2012 since then nearly all F-4 fighters jets are retired so number of F-4 women pilots without doubt decreased(perhaps zero now) on other hand some of them may have transferred to F-16s.

Here some short documentry about women fighter jet pilots in TAF

 

[TuAFFalcon]

That F-4 that hit the top of the minaret a while ago was a women :p
Video was on live leak.

How many women pilots does the US have?
Till this day I haven't seen any.

 

[Nomad16]

bu kadinlar muhteshem dirlar

i know it's very hard to be jet pilot me myself scared the highs they must be very brave

 

[Falcon29]

Any vids of training exercises?

 

[T-123456]

Women Fighter Pilots
Until the early 1990s women were disqualified from becoming fighter pilots in most of the air forces throughout the world. The exceptions being Turkey where Sabiha Gökçen became the first female fighter pilot in history in 1936 and went on to fly fast jets well into the 1950s, and the USSR during the Second World War 1942-1945 where many women were trained as fighter pilots including Lilya Litvyak who became the top scoring woman ace of all time with 12 Kills and Katya Budanova a close second with 11 kills, although both were killed in combat.In the last decade of the twentieth century a number of air forces have removed the bar on women becoming fighter pilots (see below):

Turkey - In 1936 Sabiha Gökçen became the world's first female fighter pilot. Since then, Turkey continues to train female fighter pilots. ``

• Canada - In 1989 Dee Brasseur and Jane Foster became the first female fighter pilots in the Canadian Air Force after qualifying to fly the CF-18 Hornet.

Norway - In 1992 Mette Groetteland became the first female fighter pilot in the Royal Norwegian Air Force after qualifying to fly the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

• Netherlands - Between 1993 and 1997 Manja Blok the first female fighter pilot in the Royal Netherlands Air Force was active flying a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon over Bosnia enforcing the no fly zone.

• USA - In 1993 Jeannie Leavitt became the first female USAF fighter pilot, initially being assigned to a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle squadron, and subsequently flying 300 combat hours, mostly over Afghanistan and Iraq.

• UK - In 1994 Jo Salter was declared combat ready by the Royal Air Force flying a Panavia Tornado in 617 Squadron becoming Britains first female fighter pilot.

• Sweden - In the mid 1990s Anna Dellham became Sweden's first female fighter pilot serving with a Viggen squadron, before in 2011 qualifying to fly the Grippen.

• France - In 1999 Caroline Aigle became the first woman to receive the French Air Force's coveted fighter pilot wings. She was assigned to fly the Mirage 2000-5.``

Belgium - In 1997 Anne-Marie "Mie" Jansen becomes the first Belgian female fighter pilot, flying the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

• South Africa - Catherine Labuschagne got her wings in 2000 and flew the Impala and Hawk before in 2010 completing her maiden solo flight in the South African Air Force's Gripen Jas 39C, becoming the first woman fighter pilot ever to fly the Gripen.

• Israel - In 2001 Roni Zuckerman became the first Israeli woman to qualify as a fighter pilot.

Finland - In 2002 Inka Niskanen became Finland's first female fighter pilot, flying F/A-18 Hornets.``

• Singapore - In 2003 Khoo Teh Lynn became Singapore's first female fighter pilot, flying General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons.

• Denmark - In 2005 Line Bonde graduated from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, USA, as Denmark's first female fighter pilot.

• Germany - In 2007 Ulrike Flender graduated from Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program to become Germany's first female fighter pilot.

• South Korea - In 2008 Ha Jeong-mi became the first South Korean female fighter pilot, flying the KF-16 fighter.

• Poland - In 2012 it was reported that Katatzyna Tomiak had become a Mig-29 fighter pilot in the Polish Air Force.

• China - In 2013 China publicised the graduation of six of the PLAAF's first-batch of female fighter pilots.

• Pakistan - In 2013 Ayesha Farooq became Pakistan's first female fighter pilot flying the Chinese-made F-7PG fighter jet.

 

[LegionnairE]

Women Fighter Pilots
Until the early 1990s women were disqualified from becoming fighter pilots in most of the air forces throughout the world. The exceptions being Turkey where Sabiha Gökçen became the first female fighter pilot in history in 1936 and went on to fly fast jets well into the 1950s, and the USSR during the Second World War 1942-1945 where many women were trained as fighter pilots including Lilya Litvyak who became the top scoring woman ace of all time with 12 Kills and Katya Budanova a close second with 11 kills, although both were killed in combat.In the last decade of the twentieth century a number of air forces have removed the bar on women becoming fighter pilots (see below):

Turkey - In 1936 Sabiha Gökçen became the world's first female fighter pilot. Since then, Turkey continues to train female fighter pilots. ``

• Canada - In 1989 Dee Brasseur and Jane Foster became the first female fighter pilots in the Canadian Air Force after qualifying to fly the CF-18 Hornet.

Norway - In 1992 Mette Groetteland became the first female fighter pilot in the Royal Norwegian Air Force after qualifying to fly the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

• Netherlands - Between 1993 and 1997 Manja Blok the first female fighter pilot in the Royal Netherlands Air Force was active flying a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon over Bosnia enforcing the no fly zone.

• USA - In 1993 Jeannie Leavitt became the first female USAF fighter pilot, initially being assigned to a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle squadron, and subsequently flying 300 combat hours, mostly over Afghanistan and Iraq.

• UK - In 1994 Jo Salter was declared combat ready by the Royal Air Force flying a Panavia Tornado in 617 Squadron becoming Britains first female fighter pilot.

• Sweden - In the mid 1990s Anna Dellham became Sweden's first female fighter pilot serving with a Viggen squadron, before in 2011 qualifying to fly the Grippen.

• France - In 1999 Caroline Aigle became the first woman to receive the French Air Force's coveted fighter pilot wings. She was assigned to fly the Mirage 2000-5.``

Belgium - In 1997 Anne-Marie "Mie" Jansen becomes the first Belgian female fighter pilot, flying the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

• South Africa - Catherine Labuschagne got her wings in 2000 and flew the Impala and Hawk before in 2010 completing her maiden solo flight in the South African Air Force's Gripen Jas 39C, becoming the first woman fighter pilot ever to fly the Gripen.

• Israel - In 2001 Roni Zuckerman became the first Israeli woman to qualify as a fighter pilot.

Finland - In 2002 Inka Niskanen became Finland's first female fighter pilot, flying F/A-18 Hornets.``

• Singapore - In 2003 Khoo Teh Lynn became Singapore's first female fighter pilot, flying General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons.

• Denmark - In 2005 Line Bonde graduated from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, USA, as Denmark's first female fighter pilot.

• Germany - In 2007 Ulrike Flender graduated from Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program to become Germany's first female fighter pilot.

• South Korea - In 2008 Ha Jeong-mi became the first South Korean female fighter pilot, flying the KF-16 fighter.

• Poland - In 2012 it was reported that Katatzyna Tomiak had become a Mig-29 fighter pilot in the Polish Air Force.

• China - In 2013 China publicised the graduation of six of the PLAAF's first-batch of female fighter pilots.

• Pakistan - In 2013 Ayesha Farooq became Pakistan's first female fighter pilot flying the Chinese-made F-7PG fighter jet.

We were so far ahead of even most developed, industrialized countries

Atatürk's time was special bro