In Pictures: Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot wins top awards in Ghana
Flight Lieutenant Kafayat Omolara Sanni, Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot, has once again made historical past by rising as the Most productive Allied Pupil and winner of the Most productive Assistant Commandant Paper on the prestigious Ghana
Armed Forces Expose and Workers School (GAFCSC), Accra.
The awards find been presented on 20 June 2025, one day of the School’s commencement ceremony, attended by top militia officials and dignitaries from across Africa.
Flt Lt Sanni’s spectacular recordsdata first made headlines in 2019 when she turned into embellished as the Nigerian Air Power’s (NAF) first female fighter pilot after completing her pilot practising within the US.
Since then, she has flown the Alpha Jet, as successfully as undertaken practising sorties on the Orderly Mushshak as a prolific trainer pilot, producing and mentoring youthful pilots for the NAF.
Her excellent efficiency at GAFCSC no longer most efficient symbolises deepest excellence and resilience but additionally underscores Nigeria’s rising management in regional defence and its commitment to gender inclusion within the militia.
This excellent fulfillment additional reflects the Nigerian Air Power’s strategic investment in human capital constructing below the visionary management of the Chief of the Air Workers, Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar.
