After making history by becoming the country’s first two female combat helicopter pilots in December 2014, the two are now set to become the first Bangladeshi female pilots to join a UN mission. An Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) press release on Monday said their team would leave for Congo on Thursday for the one-year-long peacekeeping mission. “But for the first time, Tamanna and I are going as female combat pilots in the UN peacekeeping mission from our country. On December 17, 2014, both female pilots successfully completed the initial phase of primary helicopter flying training. After completing 65 hours of Basic Helicopter Conversion training, they had also performed duties in different operational squadrons of BAF.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 04, 2017 16:30 UTC