About Caroline Aigle
Commandant Caroline Aigle was a French aviator who achieved a historical first when at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Her promising military career was cut short by death from cancer seven years later. She was posthumously awarded the Médaille de l'Aéronautique. Commandant Caroline Aigle (French pronunciation:; 12 September 1974 – 21 August 2007) was a French aviator who achieved a historical first when at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. She was posthumously awarded the Médaille de l'Aéronautique (Aeronautics Medal). On 28 May 1999, she became the first woman to receive the Air Force's coveted fighter pilot wings.
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