Niloofar Rhmani Is The Afghan Air Force's First Female Graduate Since The 1980s

[Vikrant]

Last month, Niloofar Rhmani became the first woman to graduate from the Afghan Air Force since the 1980s, and her story is making her a popular symbol of changing times.

The 21-year-old from Kabul was awarded her flying wings on May 14 after successfully completing the air force's undergraduate pilot training program, according to the Washington Times. The program demanded roughly 145 flying hours, and Rhmani spent nearly a year learning English to qualify. "First, it was my ambition, and second, I want to show that Afghanistan can have female pilots," she told the Times.

Rhmani's story has received nearly 30,000 upvotes since being posted to Reddit on Tuesday.

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Niloofar Rhmani Is The Afghan Air Force's First Female Graduate Since The 1980s (PHOTO)

 

[irosie91]

that's nice----nazi germany had female pilots too.
----not to impugn female pilots----but even with
female pilots----Afghanistan remains a
totalitarian cesspit

 

[High_Gravity]

The sad thing is that means more to us than it does for the Afghans, when we leave that female pilot will be back in the kitchen wearking a burka slaving over a hot post of biryani.