21-yr-old becomes Afghan Air Force first female pilot to be trained in 30 years

A 21-year-old has become the Afghan Air Force's first female pilot to be trained to fly in 30 years.

2nd Lieutenant Niloofar Rhmani, along with 12 Afghan students, completed her graduation from the Undergraduate Pilot Training, run by U.S. Air Force instructors.

According to the Washington Times, the Kabul City native said it was her ambition to become a pilot and second wanted to show that Afghanistan can have female pilots.

Completing 56 sorties consisting of 84 flying hours, the UPT graduates trained on the Cessna 182 fixed-wing aircraft or the MD 530 rotary aircraft, and will now move on to more advanced training, on Cessna 208s or Mi-17s, the report said.

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In order to qualify to take pilot training, Lt. Rhmani spent approximately a year learning English in Kabul and Shindand Air Base with coalition instructors, it added.