UAE's first female fighter pilot led anti-Islamic State airstrike mission
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 06:10
in Earth & Climate
JC FinleyABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The UAE appointed Maj. Mariam al-Mansouri, the country's first female fighter pilot, to lead an airstrike this week targeting the Islamic State in Syria.