Three Israeli Air Force cadets -- all women -- will earn their
wings at the winter pilots' graduation ceremony Thursday. One is
set to become a combat jet weapons systems engineer (navigator) and
two are headed for helicopter squadrons.
In the 149th graduating pilots' course, 56 percent are from cities,
19% from communal villages, 15% from moshavim, and 10% from
kibbutzim. Six percent are religiously observant. Some 58% are from
the center of the country, 34% are from the North, and 8% are from
the south. A majority (58%) belonged to youth movements, and 27% of
those belonged to the Scouts.
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