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Friday, April 03, 2009

China's Female Jet Fighter Pilots to Debut

Pilot trainee Yu XuA total of 16 Chinese female jet fighter pilots will take part in the National Day parade to be held in October to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a military source said Thursday.

The pilots will begin preparation for the parade soon.

The pilots are the country's first batch of female jet fighter pilots. Previous female pilots recruited by the Air Force of People's Liberation Army (PLA) were mostly assigned to cargo aircraft piloting, navigation or telecom services.

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