RMAF female pilots conquering the skies


MAJOR PATRICIA YAPP SYAU YIN OF ROYAL MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE (RMAF) CODE NAME FOXY , THE OPERATIONAL PILOT OF MiG29N NO.17 SQUADRON KUANTAN AIRBASE, EXPRESSING HER POINT OF VIEW INCLUDING HER EXPERIENCE AS AN MiG-29N PILOT DURING AN INTERIVIEW HELD AT THE MiG-29N TENT BESIDE THE TARMAC OF LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR MAHSURI INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE (MIEC) IN LANGKAWI, KEDAH YESTERDAY.

LABUAN: Soaring through the vast expanse of the sky at supersonic speed was a typical day at work for Mejar Patricia Yapp Syau Yin (pic) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), Asia’s first MiG-29 female fighter pilot.

Her sheer courage and competence enabled Yapp, 41, from Sandakan, to become “one of the boys” and on par with her male colleagues.

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