Thokozile Muwamba
Thokozile Muwamba (born 1993) is a Zambian pilot. In 2017, she became the first female fighter pilot in Zambia.[1] In her first year of study at Zambia's Copperbelt University, she quit to join the country's military in 2012. A few years later, she became a beneficiary of a Zambia Air Force project to introduce females into the male dominated field in 2015. She currently holds the rank of second lieutenant in the Zambia Air Force.[2][3][4][5]
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