Hilal Aydın becomes Turkish Navy's first female aircraft pilot

Hilal Aydın was appointed as the Turkish Navy's first female aircraft pilot after completing training on P-35 aircraft at the Naval Air Training Center in Kocaeli and being assigned to the Naval Air Command there. She graduated as an officer from the Naval War Academy on 30 August 2021, applied for pilot training in 2022 and successfully finished the selection and flight training process.