Meet another Glory of the Yorubas,
Kafayat Sanni, the World of Nigeria’s First Female Fighter Pilot...
Kafayat
sanni made history on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, when she became the first
female fighter pilot in the 55-year-old history of the Nigerian Air Force..
After
emerging as the overall best pilot @the NAF 401 Flying Training School, Kaduna
State, in 2017, she was sent to the United States of America to train at the US
Aviation Leadership Programmes.
She
is the first that went through regular combat training at the Nigerian Defense
Academy to be winged for a fixed wing fighter aircraft..
Upon
the completion of the programme, Sanni back and was decorated alongside 12 new
fighter pilots at the NAF Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday October in 2019..
She grabbed the first female trophy in flying ✈️ Alpha Jets and others, her colleague, Late Tolulope Arotile, also trained at the Starlite International Training Academy, South Africa for 14 months, to become the first female combat helicopter pilot... I pray for protection of ELEDUMARE. We need to share this info, so that the concerned can know omo Oduduwa are watching!"A fan wrote on Facebook.
Kafayat Sanni, the first female
fighter pilot, who was decorated by the Nigerian Air Force in the
year 2019. Her
story is surely an inspiration to all young girls out there.
Kafayat
Sanni was born in 1997, she made history on Tuesday, October 15, 2019,
when she became the first female fighter pilot in the 55-year-old history
of the Nigerian Air Force.
If possible for me to actually fly the
jet because there was no female that ever flew the jet. I believed I could
achieve it and I did.
Kafaya said, It is a privilege for me to be winged as the first female fighter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force. My appreciation first goes to the Almighty God for making this possible for me. It also goes to the Chief of the Air Staff for giving me the opportunity and for making this possible. It will motivate me of course.
For
me, you can always attempt things and if they do not work out well; fine. But
at every point in time, you just need to put in your best.
“The advice I want to emphasize to them is that they should never
say no to opportunities. They should always strive to be the best and put in
their efforts. They should never look at anything that seems to want to
overpower or overshadow them.
