Pope Francis' statement that Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” in order to negotiate an end to the war with Russia has ignited a storm of criticism by Ukrainian and allied officials some of whom invoked the specter of World War II appeasement of Nazi Germany.
Now nearly eighty years after the Night Witches and other women helped defend the Motherland, the Russian Aerospace Force has announced that the female fighter pilot cadets have finished the fourth course at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School.