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| October 30, 2017
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Israel Air Force seeing record number of women qualifying for pilots course

IAF training squadron commander Maj. Daniel: “More women are applying for the screening than in the past, and we want more women to join the course. The goal is to get to the point where the pilots’ course is 50% women.”

By Lilach Shoval

 

A record number of women have made it through the latest screening week for potential cadets in the IDF’s prestigious two-year pilots training course. Women comprised 11% of the potential cadets in the intensive testing held last week, and approximately half of the female candidates who began the program completed it successfully, compared to 40% in 2016 and 30% in 2015. Continue Reading »

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| January 2, 2017
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Meet Lt. Shahar, Israeli Air Force’s newest female fighter pilot interviewed

 

view videoIDF interviews history-making Lt. Shahar, the 4th female fighter pilot who qualified for the Israeli Air Force.
– WATCH short Israeli Air Force clip.

By Yoav Zitun

 

“I don’t feel special,” said Lt. Shahar, the fourth female fighter pilot in the history of the Israeli Air Force who completed the 173 Pilots’ Training Course last week. “Even before the course, I was a completely regular person. Not the most successful amongst my friends. I didn’t have the highest grades in high school—they were actually middling. In basketball as well I was good, but I wasn’t in the top league. Continue Reading »

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