Four more female fighter jet pilots ready to fly   

中國首批雙學士殲擊機女飛行員進入戰斗序列

中國媒體19日披露，濟空航空兵某團15日為4名雙學士殲擊機女飛行員舉行改裝結業典禮。她們將啟程奔赴一線戰斗部隊。此前，沈空航空兵某旅6名雙學士殲擊機女飛行員也完成戰術課目訓練和作戰飛機改裝考核，這標志著中國軍隊首批雙學士殲擊機女飛行員全部完成改裝訓練，進入戰斗序列。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) - Four new female fighter jet pilots are ready to enter service after a graduation ceremony was held at an airbase in Jinan, East China's Shandong province.

Six female pilots have previously completed tactical training and passed their fighter modification assessments in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province.

The ceremony was held to honor the first batch of 10 female fighter pilots who have completed their training and are ready to join the combat force.

In 2008, China began selecting 33 female fighter jet pilots out of 150,000 candidates who had finished high school. In four years, the selected candidates finished nearly 100 courses, ranging from aviation theory to flight, to parachuting and field survival.

The candidates then received a year learning to fly advanced trainer aircraft, with the top 16 members receiving dual bachelor's degrees in engineering and military.

Among the 16 members, 10 finished with honors.

They will reportedly fly advanced domestic fighter planes.