2 female combat pilots in BAF for first time

Two female officers of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) were commissioned as combat pilots for the first time. They were commissioned in a cetremony held at the BAF Base Bir Sreshto Matiur Rahman in Jessore district on Wednesday afternoon. The commissioned BAF pilots are: Flight Lieutenant Nayma Haque and Flying Officer Tamanna-E-Lutfy. Nayma and Tamanna received their combat pilot badges from Air Commodore Sayed Hossain, air officer commanding of the BAF base, after a solo flying session of Bell 206, a utility and training helicopter, in Jessore BAF airbase. The two pilots had to take a rigid, 6-month training before receiving their pilot badges, according to a news agency.