Seven women, all of whom passed the qualifying exams, are scheduled to take the Israeli air force’s pilot training course.
The seven women are the first allowed in to the course since November’s ruling the High Court of Justice, which ordered the air force to open up its pilot courses to women.
The army officer who brought the petition to the court, South African-born Alice Miller, will not be among the pilot cadets.
Miller, a licensed civil pilot with a degree in aeronautical engineering, failed the preliminary exam, which she took immediately after ruling was issued. Miller’s lawyer, Neta Ziv Goldman, reportedly said at the time that Miller had failed medical tests.
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