For close to 35 years, being a combat pilot in the Ghana Air Force has been a ‘no go’ area for ambitious young women who had the desire to ply their trade in that sector of the Ghana Armed Forces.
ADVERTISEMENT
Meet the female pilot who saved Mahama and wife
The first couple are safe and sound after a helicopter they were flying in from Sunyani to Kumasi
Selase Yayra Agbenyefia
Recommended articles
A female pilot, Selase Yayra Agbenyefia was hailed by President John Mahama after bringing down safely a Ghana Airforce MH-17 helicopter which made a precautionary landing at Apatrampa, a suburb of Kumasi on Friday 9 July, 2015.
Squadron Leader Selase Yayra Agbenyefia, is the first female military helicopter pilot not only in Ghana but in the West Africa sub-region in 48 years.
She was adjudged the best cadet in Rotary Wing as well as in Academics and was commissioned into the Ghana Air Force in December 2001
ADVERTISEMENT
Agbenyefia is the first military female pilot to have served with the United Nations when she served as a crew member with the Ghana Aviation Unit in La Cote D’lvoire from 2006 to 2010.
She is currently the Flight Commander of the No. 3 Helicopter Squadron of the Ghana Air Force
Due to the bad weather, the helicopter MH-17 helicopter in which the first couple was travelling was forced to make a “precautionary” landing.
President Mahama in a tweet congratulated her, the Ghana Armed Forces and said "I feel great pride for our armed forces. Great intuition shown by our heli pilots. I feel so proud. And at the controls was a woman."
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.com.gh
Recommended articles
"If I were President, I'd be asking some serious questions" - Mahama
Bawumia vows reconstruction of fire-ravaged Madina Market
Government committed to establishing Ghana as a bilingual state – Akufo-Addo
Train accident photo posted on my social media pages is a photoshop - Peter Amewu
Court jails truck driver 6 months for causing Ghana's brand-new train accident
609 Ghanaians died in first 3 months of 2024 through road crashes - NRSA reveals
Joseph Addo files nomination to contest as NPP Parliamentary aspirant for La Dadekotopon
Dumsor: ECG board members reject PURC GH¢5.8m fine
