IPOH: Four police officers with the rank of Inspector created history when they became the first female pilots for the Air Operation Force (PGU), 44 years after its establishment.
Inspector Wan Aulia Hami Fariheen Wan Azulkefeli, 31; Inspector Yeoh Yee Chee, 31; Inspector Siti Nabilah Abdullah, 33 and Inspector Nur Hidayah Mohd Aisa, 33, were among 12 police officers who were awarded the Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL) from the Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay at the 44th Anniversary of PGU at the Police Air Wing Training Base (PLPGU) here, today.
Nur Hidayah who was awarded the Best Flight Trainer said all the trainees spent about a year and six months and the training ended in July this year.
“We are the first women pilots that were chosen to join the training and it was not easy for us. We needed to prove that we have the same abilities as men in terms of academics and aviation.
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