02761cam a2200325 4500 576770738 TxAuBib 20220511120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781641603379 1641603372 B08FRPHG6G Amazon f130bd65-3f8d-4f54-9ad3-69ae9d71f92e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6241401 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rahmani, Niloofar. Open Skies [Libby eBook] : My Life as Afghanistan's First Female Pilot. Chicago Review Press, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2666kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>"As a young Afghan woman who dreamed of becoming an air force pilot, Niloofar Rahmani confronted far more than technical challenges; she faced the opprobrium of an entire society."</b> —Pamela Constable, author of <i>Playing with Fire</i> and former Kabul and Islamabad bureau chief for the <i>Washington Post</i></p> <p><b>The true story of Niloofar Rahmani and her determination to become Afghanistan's first female air force pilot</b></p> <p>In 2010, for the first time since the Soviets, Afghanistan allowed women to join the armed forces, and Niloofar entered Afghanistan's military academy.</p> <p>Niloofar had to break through social barriers to demonstrate confidence, leadership, and decisiveness—essential qualities for a combat pilot. Niloofar performed the first solo flight of her class—ahead of all her male classmates—and in 2013 became Afghanistan's first female fixed-wing air force pilot.</p> <p>The US State Department honored Niloofar with the International Women of Courage Award and brought her to the United States to meet Michelle Obama and fly with the US Navy's Blue Angels. But when she returned to Kabul, the danger to her and her family had increased significantly.</p> <p><b>Rahmani and her family are portraits of the resiliency of refugees and the accomplishments they can reach when afforded with opportunities</b></p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-10 20:00:03. Sikes, Adam. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f130bd65-3f8d-4f54-9ad3-69ae9d71f92e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f130bd65-3f8d-4f54-9ad3-69ae9d71f92e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f130bd65-3f8d-4f54-9ad3-69ae9d71f92e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)