China's female fighter pilots show their mettle

in other news were falling for your Chinese air force has been training female pilots for six decades but women flying one of the world's most lethal fighter jets are a fairly recent development and they're breaking barriers reporter Han beam was given a rare success access to the four female fighter pilots who are conquering the skies with their skill and determination they are some of the toughest pilots in China they're the Air Force first group of female fighter pilots they belong to the airborne honor guards the August first aerobatic team flying one of the world's most lethal warplanes set them apart from others their age due diligence ooh now you're gonna this career used to be completely dominated by men previously all female pilots in the PLA Air Force flew transport aircraft but no female pilots had ever flown fighter jets in China and that's a big challenge for us in our lifetime coach Olli told us the four women have flown four types of planes including second and third generation Chinese fighter jets all of them have logged nearly a thousand hours of flying time the Air Force first recruited female fighter pilots in 2005 only sixth he made it through the grueling full-year training in 2013 Casali and three others were chosen by the air force aerobatic team to fly the J tan Contenta beyond efficiency you will go born in kubo-san vijnana peugeot holiday children who lose a me alcohol when I first flew the j-turn there were a lot of corrections to my flying as my arms were not strong enough I then realized that flying a fighter jet requires not only a superb technique but also physical strength I did a lot of physical training to build up my arms it made it easier to fly a smooth formation with male palates later on China enrolled its first female pilots in 1951 since then more than 500 women have flown for the Air Force the four female pilots had their j-10 debut at the air show China in November 2014 and in March 2015 they gave a staunch shil in Malaysia for the 13th ranked away international maritime aerospace exhibition it was their first international performance all four pilots trained for the 2015 parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Second World War Buncombe aha herzali was one of the two chosen for the parade Abe you with their male counterparts in the fly pass over Tiananmen Square you face oh yeah and how I should have a done with you here I have to say all the four female pilots are working very hard although they can't compare with male pilots in terms of physical strength they have managed to do the same with hard training for example a complete turnaround maneuver takes a lot of strength for precision formation now they can do it almost as well as we can the soils have you Terry Taylor independently designed and developed by China the j-10 fighter jets have become the major aircraft of the aerobatic team Jets are a challenge for any pilot to fly and the participation of the female pilots is yet another sign that the People's Liberation Army Air Force is developing rapidly the four women were in the 2009 parade to mark national day at that time they were flying k-8 trainer planes the memory is still fresh in the mind of Tao jolly she says much has changed since them Joseph a seal actual actual failure job compared with the J ten fighters we are using now the K trainer plane was like a toy to me the biggest challenge is physical strength operating at high autism is a strong physic as well as mastery of technology it's not as simple as what you learn on the ground the j10 is the third generation of Chinese fighters it has more advanced systems of aviation firepower and communications but the biggest changes are the thinking behind the military hardware did it change you gotta be look I think the biggest change is that the Air Force has been under constant reforms to improve its capabilities it has been very inclusively in innovation it takes a growing number of female soldiers this signals that it wants to build a more balanced and stronger air force the need for female pilots is increasing in China's ambitious air force modernization drive many believe it highlights a rising role of women in the military and a growing number of female astronauts in the future we lens without a doubt your country we walk I think the biggest challenge is still being a female pilot I'm married and I want to have a child I hope I can continue flying fighter jets after I gave birth that could be the biggest challenge in my life but I'm ready for that crucially has never thought of giving up ever since she was selected be a pilot she believes strength alone does not determine a co-pilot and the sky is not the limit the takeoff of female pilots represents a new era for the PLA Air Force Chairman Mao said women hold up half the sky for these women that's just the start Oh

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Length: 7min 11sec (431 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 01 2016