Female Pilots

From the BBC:
"Russia to train female fighter pilots"

Russia is to accept female fighter pilots into its Air Force for the first time since the World War Two.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said women were being accepted after the military received "hundreds of letters" expressing interest in enrolling. There will be 15 women in the first group, which starts training in October, Mr Shoigu said. During WW2, Russian female pilots were known as "Stalin's Falcons". German troops called them "Night Witches". This new generation of fighter pilots will be trained at the Krasnodar military aviation school, in the south of the country.  The academy has been accepting women since 2009, the state news agency Tass reported, but not for pilot training.

^ I think it is a good thing to open more fields to women (whether it's in Russia or any other country.) Of course I believe that women and men should have complete equal rights no matter if they are in the military or a civilian. I once met a Russian woman who was a sniper during World War 2. She went from protecting her country against the Germans to being forced back to a regular job after the war (so much for a classless and equal Soviet society.) As long as a person can do their job it should not matter if they are male or female. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40917550