Female pilot to become IAF combat squadron deputy commander
N. will be promoted to the rank of Lt.-Col. when she takes up her role next year.
An Israeli Air Force soldier looks on at an Apache helicopters belonging to the Israeli Air Force 113 Squadron Unit (also known as the Hornet Squadron Unit) at an airforce base in Southern Israel. The unit was formed on October 4, 1955. The Hornets were the first squadron to fly 24 MD450B Dassault (photo credit: NATI SHOHAT/FLASH90)ByANNA AHRONHEIM