(Asien) Pakistanische Luftwaffe

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Die ersten Frauen beginnen nach 3 1/2 Jahren Pilotenausbildung ihren Dienst bei der pakistanischen Luftwaffe.

Pakistan air force inducts first female pilots at grand parade

RISALPUR, Pakistan, March 30 (AP) _ With ceremonial pomp and aerial acrobatics, Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the first four female pilots into its air force at a grand passing-out parade. Saba Khanm, Nadia Gul, Mariam Khalil and Saira Batool were among 36 aviation cadets who received their wings after 3 1/2 years of intensive training, breaking into an all-male bastion of Pakistan's armed forces. Gen. Ahsan Saleem Hyat, vice chief of army staff, hailed the women officers as a tribute to the air force's elite training academy in Risalpur. The four had ``shown the spirit and courage to rise above the ordinary and break new ground for others to emulate.''``If Pakistan is to rise to the height that it deserves ... both men and women of our beloved land must find equal space and opportunity,'' he said.

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