Female Military Pilots

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Female Military Pilots

Contents 1 World War II 1.1 Soviet Union 2 Post-Cold War 2.1 Germany 2.2 Israel 3 Sources 4 References

[edit] World War II

[edit] Soviet Union

The Soviet Union produced two female fighter aces during World War II, Lidiya Litvyak and Ekaterina Budanova.

[edit] Post-Cold War

[edit] Germany

On September 22, 2006, 2nd Lieutenant Ulrike Flender became the first female pilot in the German Air Force qualified to fly jet aircraft^[1]. Shortly after that, on September 29, 2006, Lieutenant Jasmin Kirsch became the first female pilot in the German Air Force qualified to fly freighter aircraft^[2].

[edit] Israel

On November 28, 2007, Captain Yifat (last name withheld for security reasons) was appointed to be the deputy squadron commander of a freight transport squadron, making her the first female in the Israeli Air Force to hold such a role; she completed initial flight training in the cargo division in 2002, and was one of seventeen female pilots and navigators serving in the IDF at the time^[3]..

[edit] Sources

• Women in Air War: The Eastern Front of World War II

• Women Military Aviators

• Chick Fighter Pilot Association (CFPA)

• Military Women Pilots

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://www.www.young-germany.de/657.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=102&cHash=568e16388b
2. ↑ Planed AeroSpace, Vol. 2007, No. 1
3. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=929203&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5