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Asli Hassan Abade is a retired Somali Air force pilot, military figure, and civil activist. She was the first African female pilot and so far the only female
pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ...
in the Somali Air Force (SAF). As of October 2009, she was living in the U.S. state of
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. Asli was popular in the Somali air force, where she was a pilot from 1976 until the end of 1992 when civil war finally crippled Somalia.


Career


Somali Air Force

Abade solo-piloted her first flight on 9 September 1976.


Peace campaign

In the mid-2000s, Abade waged a peace campaign, encouraging lawmakers to come together and put an end to the long-standing civil conflict in her native
Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
. Attending every major political function dressed in the colors of the Somali flag, she reportedly commanded the respect of all the attendees. For her efforts in the reconciliation process that took place in neighboring Arta,
Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...
, which saw the establishment of the
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, she was accorded the
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''Calansida'' ("The Flag-bearer"). Abade describes herself as a "patriot", and as "a strong lady", on account of her military experience.


See also

* Ali Matan Hashi


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abade, Asli Hassan Ethnic Somali people Somalian women aviators Living people Somalian expatriates in the United States Somalian military personnel People from Jijiga 1958 births