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Meet the first female pilot flying prisoners for the US Marshals

JPATS, the U.S. Marshals’ prisoner air transport system, securely moves inmates nationwide using a dedicated fleet. One pilot, MAV, the first female to fly JPATS jets, shares her journey—from a ...
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LCA Tejas gets its second woman fighter pilot. All you need to know about Squadron Leader Priya Sharma

Squadron Leader Priya Sharma, a distinguished pilot in the Indian Air Force, has achieved another significant milestone by ...
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Navy pilot remembered in first all-female flyover during funeral

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (WABC) -- A group of female pilots are planning to make history this weekend while honoring a fallen legend. The Navy will perform its first ever, all-female flyover Saturday ...

‘The smell of death permeated the cockpit’: From first female airline pilot to author, Valerie Walker’s gripping 9/11 story

One of the first female airline pilots in the United States and a pilot during the time of September 11, 2001 now resides in ...
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Meet the retired United captain who flew nearly every Boeing jet and broke barriers as the USAF's first Black woman pilot

When a TikTok video about her career racked up millions of views last year, 66-year-old retired airline pilot and military veteran Captain Theresa Claiborne suddenly became visible to a generation ...
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Wild video captures female US F-15 pilot shortly after her jet mistakenly downed

Shocking video footage shows the moment a Kuwaiti man approaches a female U.S. F-15 pilot after her jet was downed earlier in Kuwait. The unidentified man, who is not seen on the recording, videos the ...

The story of how I took on Reg Ansett to become Australia’s first major female airline pilot

Around the time of his 40th birthday, my father decided to revive a longtime dream of his: learning to fly. He’d had his ...