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Air force names first female deputy commander of fighter jet squadron (Israel)

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Illustrative. Female aviators in the Israeli Air Force pose in front of a fighter jet on December 26, 2012. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)

The Israeli Air Force appointed its first female deputy commander of a fighter jet squadron on Sunday, some 16 years after Roni Zuckerman became the first Israeli woman fighter pilot.

The newly tapped deputy commander, whose name cannot be published for security reasons, will serve in the air force's Spearhead Squadron, which flies F-15 fighter jets out of the Tel Nof air base in central Israel, the army said on Monday.