Video by Christian Raterman | 412th Test Wing | 05.29.2024
Capt. Fanny Chollet, Swiss Air Force Test Pilot Student, prepares for a flight for Air Force Test Pilot School located at Edwards Air Force Base. After graduating from Air Force Test Pilot School on June 8, 2024, she will be the first female Swiss Air Force test pilot. Chollet is also the first female fighter pilot for the Swiss Air Force. (Air Force video by CJ Raterman)...
Video by 2nd Lt. Michael Needham | Aviation Center of Excellence | 04.13.2022
Capt. Alexandra Elison, a flight student at Fort Rucker, Ala., talks about why she chose to serve in the United States Army and why she wanted to fly for Army aviation. (U.S. Army video by 2nd Lt. Michael Needham)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle and Ho Young Kim | Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific) | 11.29.2021
CAPT Colleen Engelbrecht is an A-10 Fighter Pilot assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron in Osan Korea
Video by Tech. Sgt. Robert Harnden | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2021
A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron helps conduct passenger and cargo transport missions in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Mon. Apr. 12, 2021. The 816th EAS is responsible for providing rapid mobility to U.S. and coalition forces throughout the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Robert Harnden)...
Video by Austin Rooney | Defense Media Activity - Navy Production | 07.30.2020
Lt. j.g. Madeline "Maddy" Swegle talks about what it took to become the U.S. Navy's first black female tactical jet pilot as she prepares to officially graduate from the Navy's undergraduate Tactical Air (Strike) pilot training syllabus at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas. (U.S. Navy video by Austin Rooney/released)...
Video by Airman 1st Class Antonia Herrera | 100th Air Refueling Wing | 06.18.2020
A B-2 Spirit assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, England, June 18, 2020. The aerial refueling was conducted as part of a strategic bomber mission north of the Arctic Circle. The mission was led by two all female aircrew....
Video by Sgt. Sydney Mariette | 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade | 03.06.2020
As a pilot for the Minnesota National Guard, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tressa Marquardt has deployed multiple times and is currently serving in a combat zone -- all of which would not have been feasible for women serving as WASP's (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during World War II. Today, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marquardt appreciates where female pilots started and for the progress the WASP's......
Video by Airman 1st Class Madi Sylvester | 436th Training Squadron Instructional Production Flight | 10.01.2019
Pilot safety during flight is always a priority. Through modernization and innovation of gender specific flight equipment, the Air Force aims to keep the female ejection seat community mission ready and in the fight....