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Famous Female Aerobatic Pilot Patty Wagstaff Escaped From Horrifying Plane Crash
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Famous aerobatic pilot is OK after plane flips at St. Augustine airport
National Aviation Hall of Fame member Patricia “Patty” Wagstaff is OK after the 1958 Beechcraft she had just landed at St. Augustine’s airport went into a grassy ditch and flipped with a passenger on board.
The pilot whose aircraft flipped upside down after a Wednesday landing at St. Augustine’s Northeast Florida Regional Airport has been identified as National Aviation Hall of Fame member Patricia “Patty” Wagstaff.
The veteran daredevil and aerobatic pilot, familiar to many who attend local air shows, received only minor injuries in the incident. In a Twitter post the 68-year-old pilot, inducted in 2004 into the hall of fame, assured everyone she and her passenger are OK, saying the plane had a mechanical problem after landing.
“People have been asking and I wanted to let everyone know that my passenger [one of our instructors] and I are doing fine,” she tweeted.
The 1958 Beechcraft K35 Bonanza aircraft, with distinctive V-tail and retractable landing gear, had just landed at 5:30 p.m. at the airport when the incident occurred, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The initial FAA investigation into the crash indicated Wagstaff and 59-year-old Port Orange resident Jeffrey Rochelle were on board when the aircraft veered off the runway into a grassy median, then went into a ditch and flipped onto its roof. The incident occurred at the south end of St. Augustine’s airport on U.S. 1.
Minor injuries were reported, but no one was transported to the hospital, the Highway Patrol said.
Wagstaff, of St. Augustine, gained her pilot’s license in 1980 and earned a spot five years later on the U.S. Aerobatic Team, according to the hall of fame. She was the first woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship and won it three years in a row. She won the Betty Skelton “First Lady of Aerobatics” Award, flies as a stunt pilot for films and television and coaches other aerobatic pilots at her Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School at St. Augustine’s airport.
Rochelle also is a highly trained pilot. A flight instructor at Evolution Flight Services, he is a retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with about 4,500 hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. He is a graduate of the Air Force “Top Gun” Fighter Weapons School and was a member of USAF Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, according to the flight services website.
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Famous aerobatic pilot is OK after plane flips at St. Augustine airport
National Aviation Hall of Fame member Patricia “Patty” Wagstaff is OK after the 1958 Beechcraft she had just landed at St. Augustine’s airport went into a grassy ditch and flipped with a passenger on board.
The pilot whose aircraft flipped upside down after a Wednesday landing at St. Augustine’s Northeast Florida Regional Airport has been identified as National Aviation Hall of Fame member Patricia “Patty” Wagstaff.
The veteran daredevil and aerobatic pilot, familiar to many who attend local air shows, received only minor injuries in the incident. In a Twitter post the 68-year-old pilot, inducted in 2004 into the hall of fame, assured everyone she and her passenger are OK, saying the plane had a mechanical problem after landing.
“People have been asking and I wanted to let everyone know that my passenger [one of our instructors] and I are doing fine,” she tweeted.
The 1958 Beechcraft K35 Bonanza aircraft, with distinctive V-tail and retractable landing gear, had just landed at 5:30 p.m. at the airport when the incident occurred, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The initial FAA investigation into the crash indicated Wagstaff and 59-year-old Port Orange resident Jeffrey Rochelle were on board when the aircraft veered off the runway into a grassy median, then went into a ditch and flipped onto its roof. The incident occurred at the south end of St. Augustine’s airport on U.S. 1.
Minor injuries were reported, but no one was transported to the hospital, the Highway Patrol said.
Wagstaff, of St. Augustine, gained her pilot’s license in 1980 and earned a spot five years later on the U.S. Aerobatic Team, according to the hall of fame. She was the first woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship and won it three years in a row. She won the Betty Skelton “First Lady of Aerobatics” Award, flies as a stunt pilot for films and television and coaches other aerobatic pilots at her Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School at St. Augustine’s airport.
Rochelle also is a highly trained pilot. A flight instructor at Evolution Flight Services, he is a retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with about 4,500 hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. He is a graduate of the Air Force “Top Gun” Fighter Weapons School and was a member of USAF Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, according to the flight services website.
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Meet Lieutenant Karen Vanessa Velázquez Ruiz, The First Female Pilot To Fly F-5 Fighter Plane At Mexican Military Parade Day 16 Sep. 2019
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Sky is the limit for one of the first female Apache pilots
https://www.army.mil/article/227154/sky_is_the_limit_for_one_of_the_first_female_apache_pilots
Leslie Herlick was the first female warrant officer in her battalion after being assigned to 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). She went to flight school after the ban against women flying combat helicopters was lifted 26 years ago.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- When she joined the Army, Leslie Herlick was too short to join the Military Police.
But sitting in the cockpit of an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter several years later, she could be as tall as she wanted.
Herlick is now the training resource coordinator for Fort Campbell's Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security. She doesn't talk about her past very much and many who know her have no idea that she was among the first women to take to the skies after Congress lifted a restriction that kept women from flying combat helicopters.
That was in 1993.
Herlick saw an ad in the Army Times looking for women to apply for flight school and decided that's what she wanted to do. It never occurred to her that she might not be accepted.
"I've always liked to do things that maybe other people say they want to do, but I do them," Herlick said. "I'm willing to try."
Then assigned to 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 23-year-old was selected for Warrant Officer Candidate School before attending flight school from the fall 1994 to May 1995 at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
While many of the other students had experience working with motors or even servicing aircraft, Herlick had a lot to learn. And she did.
She learned to fly using instruments, tactic and night vision goggles. She trained on simulators and in small bird TH-67 training helicopters, Huey utility helicopters and OH-58 Kiowa utility choppers.
After getting their wings, graduates were asked to select the helicopters they most wanted to fly.
Herlick selected the Apache and based on her grades and performance, she got her wish.
She spent more time learning to shoot Hellfire missiles and everything else she needed to know. Her young son learned all the parts of helicopters along with her as Herlick studied through November 1995.
"He grew up with mom doing that stuff, so it was never a big deal to him," she said. "He'll tell me now, 'I didn't realize the stuff you did,' because it was normal to him."
Proving herself
Herlick's first duty station as a pilot was 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
She was the first female warrant officer in her battalion. Because being a woman in PsycOps was so common, Herlick didn't realize that for some it would make a difference.
"Some of the pilots had never worked with women before," she said. "I really had to prove myself more than a new male coming in. It wasn't enough to be just as good as them. I had to be better."
But Herlick isn't one to back down from a challenge.
"It took a lot of months and hard work to show them I was one of them," she said.
Pilot in command
Herlick shies away from being called a "pioneer." She points out she wasn't the first woman to fly an Apache helicopter and those women who came after her deserve more credit than she does because they flew in combat.
Herlick did win the acceptance of the men who doubted her and three years after being stationed in Fort Campbell she worked her way from the front seat of the helicopter as a co-pilot gunner to the back seat where she was the pilot in command.
In February 1999 she as assigned to the 1st Armored Division, 501st, and stationed in Germany.
She flew a NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo in 2000.
In October of that year she spent some of her time on the ground talking to women who didn't have the same rights as American women. They shared their stories of devastation and loss. Herlick and several other military women shared their stories of empowerment.
She would later go on to other careers that allowed her to help women, veterans and children.
11 days after 9/11
Herlick was just 11 days away from giving birth to her second son when Sept. 11, 2001, changed the trajectory of the United States Army.
She had already submitted her resignation and flying combat missions was no longer an option. She says the women who did are the ones who deserve recognition.
"I had already planned to get out because I wanted to be able to raise my kids and see my kids grow up and take them to football practice and softball," Herlick said.
In the ensuing years she had several careers.
She worked at Survivor Outreach, providing support for Gold Star Families. She was a victim advocate for the Army's Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program, providing support for sexual assault victims and helping them through the process of reporting assaults to the military. She worked at a Department of Veterans Affairs call center, providing veterans and Families with information to help them get benefits and guide them through the process.
Herlick also earned bachelor's and master's degrees and decided to become a teacher. She taught second, third and fifth grades at Sango Elementary School in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System.
Career opportunities led her back to Fort Campbell in 2014.
Coming full circle
Herlick's Army career began right out of high school when she left the Detroit area behind.
At 5-foot-4 "and a half" she was just shy of the height she needed to pursue her first career choice in military law enforcement, but she knew she wanted to be airborne.
After basic training, she went to Fort Bragg for advanced individual training and attended airborne school at Fort Benning, Georgia. She became a jumpmaster, with 42 jumps over her career.
Herlick started work in PsyOps, "winning the hearts and minds of the enemy" in 1989 and took part in Operation Just Cause in Panama in December of that year.
She was disappointed that she couldn't jump or be with the combat units because she was a woman and eventually the desire for more freedom led Herlick apply for flight school.
She was still a pilot in command when she left the Army and while there are few visible reminders of that past in her office at division headquarters, it's always a part of her.
Now her presence is felt in a different way.
Herlick helps plan and carry out training, looks at needs and comes up with ways to address them.
She doesn't waste time wondering what her life may have been like if she were a little taller or dwell too much on things she has done. She's too busy looking ahead.
"That was a long time ago," Herlick said. "I'm more about what I'm doing now."
https://www.army.mil/article/227154/sky_is_the_limit_for_one_of_the_first_female_apache_pilots
Leslie Herlick was the first female warrant officer in her battalion after being assigned to 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). She went to flight school after the ban against women flying combat helicopters was lifted 26 years ago.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- When she joined the Army, Leslie Herlick was too short to join the Military Police.
But sitting in the cockpit of an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter several years later, she could be as tall as she wanted.
Herlick is now the training resource coordinator for Fort Campbell's Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security. She doesn't talk about her past very much and many who know her have no idea that she was among the first women to take to the skies after Congress lifted a restriction that kept women from flying combat helicopters.
That was in 1993.
Herlick saw an ad in the Army Times looking for women to apply for flight school and decided that's what she wanted to do. It never occurred to her that she might not be accepted.
"I've always liked to do things that maybe other people say they want to do, but I do them," Herlick said. "I'm willing to try."
Then assigned to 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 23-year-old was selected for Warrant Officer Candidate School before attending flight school from the fall 1994 to May 1995 at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
While many of the other students had experience working with motors or even servicing aircraft, Herlick had a lot to learn. And she did.
She learned to fly using instruments, tactic and night vision goggles. She trained on simulators and in small bird TH-67 training helicopters, Huey utility helicopters and OH-58 Kiowa utility choppers.
After getting their wings, graduates were asked to select the helicopters they most wanted to fly.
Herlick selected the Apache and based on her grades and performance, she got her wish.
She spent more time learning to shoot Hellfire missiles and everything else she needed to know. Her young son learned all the parts of helicopters along with her as Herlick studied through November 1995.
"He grew up with mom doing that stuff, so it was never a big deal to him," she said. "He'll tell me now, 'I didn't realize the stuff you did,' because it was normal to him."
Proving herself
Herlick's first duty station as a pilot was 2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
She was the first female warrant officer in her battalion. Because being a woman in PsycOps was so common, Herlick didn't realize that for some it would make a difference.
"Some of the pilots had never worked with women before," she said. "I really had to prove myself more than a new male coming in. It wasn't enough to be just as good as them. I had to be better."
But Herlick isn't one to back down from a challenge.
"It took a lot of months and hard work to show them I was one of them," she said.
Pilot in command
Herlick shies away from being called a "pioneer." She points out she wasn't the first woman to fly an Apache helicopter and those women who came after her deserve more credit than she does because they flew in combat.
Herlick did win the acceptance of the men who doubted her and three years after being stationed in Fort Campbell she worked her way from the front seat of the helicopter as a co-pilot gunner to the back seat where she was the pilot in command.
In February 1999 she as assigned to the 1st Armored Division, 501st, and stationed in Germany.
She flew a NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo in 2000.
In October of that year she spent some of her time on the ground talking to women who didn't have the same rights as American women. They shared their stories of devastation and loss. Herlick and several other military women shared their stories of empowerment.
She would later go on to other careers that allowed her to help women, veterans and children.
11 days after 9/11
Herlick was just 11 days away from giving birth to her second son when Sept. 11, 2001, changed the trajectory of the United States Army.
She had already submitted her resignation and flying combat missions was no longer an option. She says the women who did are the ones who deserve recognition.
"I had already planned to get out because I wanted to be able to raise my kids and see my kids grow up and take them to football practice and softball," Herlick said.
In the ensuing years she had several careers.
She worked at Survivor Outreach, providing support for Gold Star Families. She was a victim advocate for the Army's Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program, providing support for sexual assault victims and helping them through the process of reporting assaults to the military. She worked at a Department of Veterans Affairs call center, providing veterans and Families with information to help them get benefits and guide them through the process.
Herlick also earned bachelor's and master's degrees and decided to become a teacher. She taught second, third and fifth grades at Sango Elementary School in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System.
Career opportunities led her back to Fort Campbell in 2014.
Coming full circle
Herlick's Army career began right out of high school when she left the Detroit area behind.
At 5-foot-4 "and a half" she was just shy of the height she needed to pursue her first career choice in military law enforcement, but she knew she wanted to be airborne.
After basic training, she went to Fort Bragg for advanced individual training and attended airborne school at Fort Benning, Georgia. She became a jumpmaster, with 42 jumps over her career.
Herlick started work in PsyOps, "winning the hearts and minds of the enemy" in 1989 and took part in Operation Just Cause in Panama in December of that year.
She was disappointed that she couldn't jump or be with the combat units because she was a woman and eventually the desire for more freedom led Herlick apply for flight school.
She was still a pilot in command when she left the Army and while there are few visible reminders of that past in her office at division headquarters, it's always a part of her.
Now her presence is felt in a different way.
Herlick helps plan and carry out training, looks at needs and comes up with ways to address them.
She doesn't waste time wondering what her life may have been like if she were a little taller or dwell too much on things she has done. She's too busy looking ahead.
"That was a long time ago," Herlick said. "I'm more about what I'm doing now."
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Dudette 07 Flight: 29 March 2011, 8 years ago:
All Female F-15E Crew Launches Historic Mission over Afghanistan
https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/455th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/News/Display/Article/274204/all-female-team-launches-historic-mission-over-afghanistan/
Pilots: Maj(s) Christine Mau and Tracy Schmidt and WSO: Capt(s) Kimberly Volk and Jennifer Morton
All Female F-15E Crew Launches Historic Mission over Afghanistan
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Pilots: Maj(s) Christine Mau and Tracy Schmidt and WSO: Capt(s) Kimberly Volk and Jennifer Morton
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US Female Agriculture Pilot Emily N Lewis
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Celebrating Piedmont Airlines' 70th, retired Capt. Bill Wilkerson, Capt. Lori Cline & Capt. Tony Rankin recreated an epic pic from a B727 Piedmont trip in 1986!
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femalepilot wrote:Dudette 07 Flight: 29 March 2011, 8 years ago:
All Female F-15E Crew Launches Historic Mission over Afghanistan
https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/455th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/News/Display/Article/274204/all-female-team-launches-historic-mission-over-afghanistan/
Pilots: Maj(s) Christine Mau and Tracy Schmidt and WSO: Capt(s) Kimberly Volk and Jennifer Morton
Update on Christine Mau......
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Meet Lt. Ebru Daşdemir, Turk Air Force Only Female F-16 Fighter pilot Student Rocks Among Men:
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First female Cobra Fighter Pilot
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Anyone know more ,please?
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Meet Nigeria's First Female Fighter Pilot Lt. Sanni Kafayat:
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Meet Republic OF China's First Female Mirage 2000 Fighter pilot Lt Jiang Qinghua
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ROCAF (中華民國空軍) First (首) Mirage (位幻象) Female Flying Officer (女飛官 ) Jiang Qinghua (蔣青樺)
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ROCAF (中華民國空軍) First (首) Mirage (位幻象) Female Flying Officer (女飛官 ) Jiang Qinghua (蔣青樺)
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Second Female Fighter Pilot of Nigeria's Air Force Born!
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Spanish Female F-18 Fighter Pilot Capt Rocío González Torres
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Behold Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni
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Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni, a woman driven by excellence, has made history becoming the country’s first female fighter pilot, reports OKODILI NDIDI, Abuja
Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni can easily pass as any other young lady in her mid-twenties. Slender and soft-spoken, with a feminine look that tends to suggest an over-pampered girl-child, but behind this façade lies an uncommon and daring spirit.
Miss Sani described herself as driven by the quest to explore every available opportunity to prove that women could excel in a seemingly male-dominated profession like flying fighter jets.
Winged alongside another first helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile and 11 others, Sanni became the first female fighter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force since it was formed 55 years ago.
Speaking with reporters shortly after the historic event at the Air Marshal MD Umar Blue Room at the Defence Headquarters Abuja, Sanni, said she chose to be a fighter pilot because of the passion to test her strength among men.
According to the pilot, who was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy in 2012, “My inspiration comes from the passion of being very active and testing my strength among men and trying to see how far I can go with what men do. Along the line, I found out that joining the Armed Force was one of the things that was going to project me.”
She advised young women to pursue their passion without fear or intimidation from the menfolk.
In his speech at the winging ceremony, the NAF Chief of Training and Operations, Air Vice-Marshal Oladayo Amao, said the first-ever female fighter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force was trained at the United States Air Force under the prestigious Aviation Leadership Programme from January 31, 2018 to August 16, 2019.
According to him, “In line with one of the key drivers of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, which is ‘human capacity development through robust and result oriented training for enhanced professional performance’, the Nigerian Air Force has continued to train personnel to meet her professional needs, particularly, the need for more pilots to man the ever-increasing platforms in the NAF inventory.
“These new pilots would no doubt boost the pilot manning needs of the Service as their deployment to the various NAF platforms would enhance the fulfilment of the constitutional roles of the Nigerian Air Force, especially in the ongoing operations in the North East and North West.”
He added: “The 13 newly winged pilots comprise 12 helicopter and one fixed wing Pilots. Similarly, the officers that attended Westline Aviation Limited, South Africa, commenced their flying training on August 20, 2018 and completed the course on September 10, 2019. Flying training for the Nigerian Air Force Student Pilots at Starlite International Training Academy in South Africa was conducted from August 9, 2018 to October 12, 2019.
“Notwithstanding this achievement, the Nigerian Air Force will continue to collaborate with allied countries to train personnel to meet her operational needs. As we speak, there are 12 student pilots undergoing training in the United States of America comprising; two at the United States Air Force for the Undergraduate Pilot Training and 10 student pilots at Civic Helicopters undergoing Basic Helicopter training, while two student pilots are currently undergoing basic flying training at the Indian Air Force.
“Also, four student pilots are being processed for Combat helicopter pilot training at the United States Army Aviation, Fort Rucker. Furthermore, 10 student pilots have been processed for Military-Style Rotary Wing Pilot Training at Cobham Aviation Services in the United Kingdom. Most of the trainings are tailored towards ensuring that the pilots, on graduation, are mission ready.”
He said 22, 841 personnel have been trained in different specialties at both home and abroad in the last four years.
“It is worthy of mention that the NAF under the leadership of Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar DFS has trained 22, 841 personnel comprising 2, 414 foreign trained and 20, 427 locally trained personnel in different specialties in the last four years. This is unprecedented in the history of NAF. All these go to reinforce the CAS’ drive to improve the professionalism of Nigerian Air Force personnel through deliberate and targeted specialist trainings,” he said.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Abubakar described Sanni and Arotile as outstanding aviators.
He said the NAF was winging the first female fighter pilot since its formation 55 years ago.
Air Marshal Abubakar said: “It is common knowledge that of all resources available to a leader or manager, the human resource is the most important. This is because the human resource drives all other resources pursuant to the attainment of organisational objectives. It is on this consideration that the NAF spares nothing at developing its human resource capital.
“This desire for excellence is even more compelling in the face of current and perceived future national security challenges. Accordingly, NAF has continued to invest in human capacity building, since the Service is a veritable instrument for maintenance of national security. The NAF will continue to discharge her constitutional responsibility of protecting Nigeria’s sovereignty and integrity by air.
“Our records indicate that as at today, we have trained a total of 67 Instructor pilots since 2015. Furthermore, with the winging of these pilots today, the NAF would have winged a total of 101 pilots within the same period. Currently, we have 61 pilots undergoing basic flying training, while 50 are undergoing various forms of advanced flying training courses both locally and abroad. As such, we are highly delighted to see the rewards of our collective efforts.
“I am confident that the NAF and indeed Nigeria will soon be reaping the benefits that these pilots would undoubtedly add to our operations,” he said.
Air Marshal Abubakar added that, “In a bid to consolidate on our gains on the fighter aircraft stream and our force projection outlook, all hands have been on deck to increase the number of serviceable L-39ZA aircraft for basic fighter training. Also, increased serviceability of the A-Jets has inspired continuous advance fighter training locally. More so, with the NAF preparing to receive two additional helicopter gunships, our counterinsurgency efforts will soon be greatly enhanced.
“Furthermore, it is envisaged that with the induction of the Super Tucano A29 aircraft into the NAF inventory, our fighter training efforts will also be greatly enhanced. All these are complemented by ongoing efforts at reactivating grounded aircraft locally with our technical partners, which has improved our maintenance capabilities and afforded our technicians the opportunity to benefit from on-the-job training. These achievements have saved the nation scarce resources.”
The special guest of honour at the occasion and Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen, in her brief remarks, stated that “It is obvious that the Chief of the Air Staff is providing the right leadership and guidance to ensure the realisation of the primary key driver of his vision, which is hinged on human capacity development. We are indeed proud of the milestones reached by the NAF and the achievements of the Chief of the Air Staff.
“I am aware that with this winging ceremony, the Nigerian Air Force would have winged a total of over 110 pilots since the inception of his administration. This is indeed worthy of commendation and further demonstrates the preparedness of the Nigerian Air Force towards meeting our national security needs.
“I am convinced that the pilots being winged today will put in their best and contribute their quota towards consolidating the success attained in eliminating current security challenges in the Northeast and Northwest as well as communal clashes, kidnapping and armed banditry.”
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Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni, a woman driven by excellence, has made history becoming the country’s first female fighter pilot, reports OKODILI NDIDI, Abuja
Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni can easily pass as any other young lady in her mid-twenties. Slender and soft-spoken, with a feminine look that tends to suggest an over-pampered girl-child, but behind this façade lies an uncommon and daring spirit.
Miss Sani described herself as driven by the quest to explore every available opportunity to prove that women could excel in a seemingly male-dominated profession like flying fighter jets.
Winged alongside another first helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile and 11 others, Sanni became the first female fighter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force since it was formed 55 years ago.
Speaking with reporters shortly after the historic event at the Air Marshal MD Umar Blue Room at the Defence Headquarters Abuja, Sanni, said she chose to be a fighter pilot because of the passion to test her strength among men.
According to the pilot, who was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy in 2012, “My inspiration comes from the passion of being very active and testing my strength among men and trying to see how far I can go with what men do. Along the line, I found out that joining the Armed Force was one of the things that was going to project me.”
She advised young women to pursue their passion without fear or intimidation from the menfolk.
In his speech at the winging ceremony, the NAF Chief of Training and Operations, Air Vice-Marshal Oladayo Amao, said the first-ever female fighter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force was trained at the United States Air Force under the prestigious Aviation Leadership Programme from January 31, 2018 to August 16, 2019.
According to him, “In line with one of the key drivers of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, which is ‘human capacity development through robust and result oriented training for enhanced professional performance’, the Nigerian Air Force has continued to train personnel to meet her professional needs, particularly, the need for more pilots to man the ever-increasing platforms in the NAF inventory.
“These new pilots would no doubt boost the pilot manning needs of the Service as their deployment to the various NAF platforms would enhance the fulfilment of the constitutional roles of the Nigerian Air Force, especially in the ongoing operations in the North East and North West.”
He added: “The 13 newly winged pilots comprise 12 helicopter and one fixed wing Pilots. Similarly, the officers that attended Westline Aviation Limited, South Africa, commenced their flying training on August 20, 2018 and completed the course on September 10, 2019. Flying training for the Nigerian Air Force Student Pilots at Starlite International Training Academy in South Africa was conducted from August 9, 2018 to October 12, 2019.
“Notwithstanding this achievement, the Nigerian Air Force will continue to collaborate with allied countries to train personnel to meet her operational needs. As we speak, there are 12 student pilots undergoing training in the United States of America comprising; two at the United States Air Force for the Undergraduate Pilot Training and 10 student pilots at Civic Helicopters undergoing Basic Helicopter training, while two student pilots are currently undergoing basic flying training at the Indian Air Force.
“Also, four student pilots are being processed for Combat helicopter pilot training at the United States Army Aviation, Fort Rucker. Furthermore, 10 student pilots have been processed for Military-Style Rotary Wing Pilot Training at Cobham Aviation Services in the United Kingdom. Most of the trainings are tailored towards ensuring that the pilots, on graduation, are mission ready.”
He said 22, 841 personnel have been trained in different specialties at both home and abroad in the last four years.
“It is worthy of mention that the NAF under the leadership of Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar DFS has trained 22, 841 personnel comprising 2, 414 foreign trained and 20, 427 locally trained personnel in different specialties in the last four years. This is unprecedented in the history of NAF. All these go to reinforce the CAS’ drive to improve the professionalism of Nigerian Air Force personnel through deliberate and targeted specialist trainings,” he said.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Abubakar described Sanni and Arotile as outstanding aviators.
He said the NAF was winging the first female fighter pilot since its formation 55 years ago.
Air Marshal Abubakar said: “It is common knowledge that of all resources available to a leader or manager, the human resource is the most important. This is because the human resource drives all other resources pursuant to the attainment of organisational objectives. It is on this consideration that the NAF spares nothing at developing its human resource capital.
“This desire for excellence is even more compelling in the face of current and perceived future national security challenges. Accordingly, NAF has continued to invest in human capacity building, since the Service is a veritable instrument for maintenance of national security. The NAF will continue to discharge her constitutional responsibility of protecting Nigeria’s sovereignty and integrity by air.
“Our records indicate that as at today, we have trained a total of 67 Instructor pilots since 2015. Furthermore, with the winging of these pilots today, the NAF would have winged a total of 101 pilots within the same period. Currently, we have 61 pilots undergoing basic flying training, while 50 are undergoing various forms of advanced flying training courses both locally and abroad. As such, we are highly delighted to see the rewards of our collective efforts.
“I am confident that the NAF and indeed Nigeria will soon be reaping the benefits that these pilots would undoubtedly add to our operations,” he said.
Air Marshal Abubakar added that, “In a bid to consolidate on our gains on the fighter aircraft stream and our force projection outlook, all hands have been on deck to increase the number of serviceable L-39ZA aircraft for basic fighter training. Also, increased serviceability of the A-Jets has inspired continuous advance fighter training locally. More so, with the NAF preparing to receive two additional helicopter gunships, our counterinsurgency efforts will soon be greatly enhanced.
“Furthermore, it is envisaged that with the induction of the Super Tucano A29 aircraft into the NAF inventory, our fighter training efforts will also be greatly enhanced. All these are complemented by ongoing efforts at reactivating grounded aircraft locally with our technical partners, which has improved our maintenance capabilities and afforded our technicians the opportunity to benefit from on-the-job training. These achievements have saved the nation scarce resources.”
The special guest of honour at the occasion and Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen, in her brief remarks, stated that “It is obvious that the Chief of the Air Staff is providing the right leadership and guidance to ensure the realisation of the primary key driver of his vision, which is hinged on human capacity development. We are indeed proud of the milestones reached by the NAF and the achievements of the Chief of the Air Staff.
“I am aware that with this winging ceremony, the Nigerian Air Force would have winged a total of over 110 pilots since the inception of his administration. This is indeed worthy of commendation and further demonstrates the preparedness of the Nigerian Air Force towards meeting our national security needs.
“I am convinced that the pilots being winged today will put in their best and contribute their quota towards consolidating the success attained in eliminating current security challenges in the Northeast and Northwest as well as communal clashes, kidnapping and armed banditry.”
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