The First Woman Fighter Pilot of China Yu Xu Dies In Air Crash

National Defence Bureau,
New Delhi, 14 November 2016
The first woman Fighter Pilot of China Yu Xu Dies In Air Crash

Xu a J-10 single-engine multi-role jet fighter pilot joined PLAAF in Sept 2005

She last performance at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this November

She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012

Born in 1986, Yu was from Chongzhou in Sichuan province

Xu a J-10 single-engine multi-role jet fighter pilot joined PLAAF in Sept 2005

She last performance at Airshow China in Zhuhai earlier this November

She qualified as a fighter pilot in 2009 and qualified to fly the J-10 in 2012

Born in 1986, Yu was from Chongzhou in Sichuan province

Last November Pakistan's First Female Fighter Pilot Marium Mukhtiar Died In Air Crash

She was on a mission when a PAF trainer jet crashed near Kundian, Mianwali

Mukhtiar was 24 years old and hailed from Karachi

She was flying Chinese-built FT-7PG aircraft

AC encountered a serious in-flight emergency during the final stages of the mission

Indian Air Force Also Opened Fighter Stream For Female Pilots In October 2015

First batch of three female fighter pilots was commissioned in June 2016Bhawana Kath, Avani

Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh were inducted in Hyderabad

The three continued advanced training on advanced jet trainer Hawks

All indications suggest India may not send female fighter pilots across the border on combat missions

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