Bahrain: Aisha Bin Rashid royal fighter jet pilot
Issue 1063
- 20 Jul 2018
| 1 minute read
Pilot Officer Sheikha Aisha Bint Rashid Al-Khalifa, a granddaughter of prime minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, has become the first Bahraini woman to pilot a Royal Bahrain Air Force jet, taking control of a Hawk aircraft on a one-hour demonstration flight from Sheikh Isa Air Base on 11 July.
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