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http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?669650
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"IAF to Have Women Fighter Pilots; No-Child Condition Applies"

New Delhi | Nov 17, 2009

In remarks that could stoke controversy, a top Indian Air Force official today said women may be recruited as fighter pilots provided they do not become mother till a certain age.

I guess that's fair enough considering the finacial investment in their training

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At Dyess AFB in 2000, they formed an all-female B-1B crew for a special flyby at the dedication of a monument for a WASP ferry pilot killed in a WWII accident near the base.

There were several female crew mewmbers, as both pilots and "backseaters".

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Does anyone know the status of females in the Russian air force? Are they allowed to be pilots?

Any information will be helpful.

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Does anyone know the status of females in the Russian air force? Are they allowed to be pilots?

Any information will be helpful.

i'd like to know this, too

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http://funzu.com/index.php/crazy-pics/beautiful-female-military-around-the-world-05012010.html

"Beautiful Female Military Around the World"

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100129-250056/She-loved-to-climb-mountains

"She loved to climb mountains"

First Posted 02:35:00 01/29/2010
By Joselle Badilla, Julie Alipala
Inquirer Mindanao

1Lt. Angelica Valdez, co-pilot of the crashed Nomad plane, was just 26.

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Two female pilots:

The pilot Belgian F-16, Karen Vandenbroucke

http://www.aereo.jor.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/f_16-Karen-580x773.jpg

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, with french Virgine Guyot pilot of Patrouille de France.
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/var/dicodrefonte/storage/images/media/images/air/actualites/breves/2010/2t2010/avril_images/carla_bruni_a_la_paf_4/1544786-1-fre-FR/carla_bruni_a_la_paf_4.jpg

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http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/News/Local/2010-05-04/article-1052114/First-female-boss-of-the-Snowbirds-takes-command-on-Thursday/1

"First female boss of the Snowbirds takes command on Thursday"

Published on May 4th, 2010

Lt.- Col. Maryse Carmichael makes herself at home again with a Snowbird tutor jet.

The first female boss of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team based at 15 Wing in Moose Jaw will officially take command on Thursday.

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http://warthognews.blogspot.com/2010/05/female-10-pilot-mentors-young-ladies-at.html

"Female A-10 pilot [sic] mentors young ladies at Girls, Inc. event"

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Released today or yesterday by 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:

Capt. Jennifer Schoeck, 354th Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations, addresses students from Lawrence Intermediate School as part of the Girls, Incorporated "Girls and Women in Sport" event April 25, 2010.

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http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/News/Local/2010-05-04/article-1052114/First-female-boss-of-the-Snowbirds-takes-command-on-Thursday/1

"First female boss of the Snowbirds takes command on Thursday"

Published on May 4th, 2010

Lt.- Col. Maryse Carmichael makes herself at home again with a Snowbird tutor jet.

The first female boss of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team based at 15 Wing in Moose Jaw will officially take command on Thursday.

LCol Carmichael is not the 'BOSS' - aka 'Snowbird 1' - as some may conclude... she is the Commanding Officer of 431 Squadron which is much larger than the Snowbirds display team.

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http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/wiltonbulletin/news/localnews/59374-legacy-of-wwii-women-pilots-finally-takes-wing.html

"Legacy of WWII women pilots finally takes wing"

Saturday, 22 May 2010 14:00
Written by Joan Lownds

On the icy Thanksgiving morning of Nov. 23, 1943, Hazel Ah Ying Lee, a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP), attempted a landing of the new bomber she was test-flying solo to Great Falls, Mont. She collided with another pilot flying too close because he didn't have his radio on, and both planes exploded into flames. Ms. Lee, 32, one of the 1,074 elite “flygirls” in the pioneering program, was killed in the crash.

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"Ainsley Earhardt named one of the 15 hottest Newswomen in US"

... flew in an F-16 with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

Er, yeah, Ainsley Earhardt is pretty hot, but she is not a military pilot. She got a ride in the back seat of a Thunderbirds F-16, same as lots of other reporters.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3919937/aerial-acrobatics

She sure looks cute in that flightsuit though.

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http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/06/airforce_dunlop_commander_060210w/

"1st female fighter pilot [sic] chosen to command wing"

Posted : Wednesday Jun 2, 2010 16:25:11 EDT
By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer

Col. Dawn Dunlop, the first woman to fly the F-22 Raptor, will soon achieve another milestone when she becomes the first female test pilot to lead an Air Force wing.

(IMO, "fighter female pilot", not "female fighter pilot".)

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/flying-air-force-15-fighter-jet-combat-mission/story?id=10741556

"Exclusive: Flying Above Afghanistan on F-15E Fighter Combat Mission
First Journalist to Ever Fly on a Combat Mission in Bomb-Laden Air Force Fighter Jet"

BAGRAM, Afghanistan, May 26, 2010
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK By MARTHA RADDATZ

] She sure looks cute in that flightsuit though.

Agreed.
BTW, if I get to be a SLB (self-loading baggage) in a jet fighter, I guess I'd barf during the first roll or turn. 8D

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1st female fighter pilot chosen to command wing

Col. Dawn Dunlop, the first woman to fly the F-22 Raptor, will soon achieve another milestone when she becomes the first female fighter test pilot to lead an Air Force wing.

Dunlop is set to take command of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 4.

A 1988 Air Force Academy graduate, Dunlop began her aviation career as a T-38 Talon instructor pilot and was among the first women flying Air Force fighters once the ban on female fighter pilots was lifted in 1993.

After flying operational F-15E Strike Eagles for 2 1/2 years, she was accepted into the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards in 1997 and began flying F-15 tests mission the following year.
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http://www.westernwheel.com/2010/news/local-news/pilots-take-aim-at-tractor-6574

Pilots take aim at tractor

14 July 2010 (9 hours ago) by Tamara Neely - Staff Reporter

Captain Riel Erickson, a fighter pilot with the Canadian Air Force, and her colleagues are buying raffle tickets in hopes of wining a vintage tractor to use for target practise.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286133/Army-girl-flying-Apache-helicopters-Afghanistan.html

The girl from the catering corps who is now one of only two women flying the lethal Apache
helicopter

Last updated at 10:02 PM on 12th June 2010
By Christopher Leake

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http://www.wtkr.com/news/dp-nws-woman-commander-20100729,0,7673364.story?track=rss

"First woman takes helm of U.S. carrier strike group
Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, Rear Admiral Nora Tyson becomes the first female strike group commander"

10:26 PM EDT, July 29, 2010
By Hugh Lessig, [email]hlessig@dailypress.com[/email] | 247-7821

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=425

U.S. Navy Biographies - REAR ADMIRAL NORA W. TYSON

Tyson reported for flight training in Pensacola, Fla., after serving a brief tour ashore in Washington.
She earned her wings as a naval flight officer in 1983.

(She's a naval aviator all right.)

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There are other Female pilots in AdA servic

Yes, met one here today with her Alpha Jet, was amused when she got her black leather handbag out of the luggage compartment!

She gave me a little wave on departure!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/pagen/w070.jpg

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http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8346433.Meet_Flt_Lt_Kirsty_Moore___the_Red_Arrows_first_female_pilot/

Meet Flt Lt Kirsty Moore - the Red Arrows first female pilot

9:30am Monday 23rd August 2010

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100807/NEWS01/8070323/Woman+to+become+Alabama+Air+National+Guard+s+first+female+fighter+pilot

Woman to become Alabama Air National Guard's first female fighter pilot

By Jenn Rowell • August 7, 2010

Pilot Sara Ferrero will be in Alabama next fall flying one of the F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 100th Fighter Squadron.