Pakistan's first women fighter pilots

Re: Pakistan’s first women fighter pilots

Hi Pink Carnation Princess,
First of all a warm welcome to the forum.

About your question. Actually the Pakistan Air Force has been inducting women into their Air Traffic Control, Psychology departments for some years and the first and second batch of GDp female cadets was selected six months apart about three years ago. So far there has been no word on whether it will be done again or not. similarly the very first batch of engineering cadets was also inducted at that time and female entry was closed six months later.
As far as fighting braches go, in all three forces i.e. Army, Navy and PAF, these 2 batches of GDP cadets has been the very first instance, and even for these few girls, it’s not confirmed yet whether they will actually make it to fighter squadrons or to transport squadrons. still some time left before thats decided according to their own abilities/performance.
The army has women working very successfuly in medical corps but they have never been inducted into any fighting arm. and i dont think theres any intention within the army for doing so anytime soon, maybe due to the reason that you mentioned above from Kargil time. The navy seems to have women employed in more branches, education, medical, psychological etc. but again, not in any of the fighting branches.
So I guess no combat thrills at the moment :slight_smile:

However, the Pakistan Sky Marshalls have female officers and staff and they are trained in combat and work alongside men in airplanes facing all combat dangers.