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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/15848/full/15848/female-jet-pilot-to-go-into-combat-in-israel-air-force/ <br /><br /> <b>Female jet pilot to go into combat in Israel air force</b> <br /> Friday, June 15, 2001 | by <p>JERUSALEM (JPS)—The Israel air force’s first female combat jet pilot will soon be taking on missions over enemy lines. </p> <br /><br /><p>Roni is the first woman to graduate from the IAF's combat pilot course since Alice Miller launched a successful court battle in her quest to qualify seven years ago.<br /><br /> The IAF has noted that female combat pilots are eligible to be sent on all missions, including those that fly over enemy lines.<br /><br /> Though Roni is the first woman to complete the course as a combat pilot, three woman have previously graduated as navigators.<br /><br /> Sari, the first woman to graduate as a IAF navigator, flies in an F-16 jet. Both Moran and Na'ama are navigators in Phantom warplanes.<br /><br /> Sari flew combat missions over Lebanon before the IDF withdrawal from the security zone in May 2000.<br /><br /> Kibbutz resident Roni is the granddaughter of one of the leaders of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Her mother is a microbiologist and her father works as an engineer.</p> <p> </p>

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