In this 2020 video, meet Shaesta Waiz, the first civilian-certified woman pilot from Afghanistan. Shaesta discovered her passion for aviation despite minimal exposure growing up. She pursued her dream ...

Ask Niloofar Rahmani when she knew she wanted to become a pilot, and she can recall the months that changed everything. "I would see the airplanes, the fighter jets," Rahmani recalled. "They were ...