UAE fighter pilot is first woman to bomb ISIS
Squadron Commander Maj. Mariam Al Mansouri, 35, is reportedly one of the first women to rain bombs on ISIS targets.
An F-16 pilot in the UAE air force, sheās leading part of a coordinated week-long series of air strikes on the de-facto ISIS capitol of Raqqa, Syria, as well as targets in Aleppo and Idlib.
The mission included fighters and bombers from Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Mansouri, an English major, always dreamed of taking to the skies. āIt was my aspiration,ā she said. āEver since I finished high school, I wanted to learn flying because it was something that I liked in the first place.ā
āA womanās passion about something will lead her to achieving what she aspires and thatās why she should pursue her interests,ā saidĀ Mansouri in an earlier interview with the National.
It stands to reason that ISIS is opposed to female fighter pilots. Mansouri makes a strong argument otherwise.
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