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Israeli Air Force planes. Photo: Major Ofer/Israeli Air Force.
JNS.org – A “lone soldier” from the United States made history on Wednesday, when she became the first American woman to complete the Israeli Air Force’s prestigious pilot course, the US-based NGO Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) announced ahead of the graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev.
Boston native Lt. O., 21 a member of a small group of women who have completed the course in the past 25 years is one of only two women out of a total of 39 current graduates who did so this week.