Blessing Liman (born 13 March 1984), is a Nigerian

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of the

Nigerian Air Force The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces, established four years after the nation became independent. As at 2021, the air force is one of the largest in A ...

best known for being Nigeria's first female military pilot.

Life

Blessing Liman was born on 13 March 1984 in Zangon Kataf,

Kaduna State Kaduna (, جىِهَر كَدُنا; مدينة كدونا; , ; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in the northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna (city), Kaduna, which was the List of Nigerian ...

Northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria (or Arewa, Arewancin Nijeriya) was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962, it acquired t ...

. Liman is a descent of

Zangon Kataf Zangon Kataf (, also Katab, Cuttub), is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in Southern Kaduna, southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Zonkwa. It is also a name of a town in the Atyap Chiefdom, ch ...

Local Government Area of

, Nigeria. Blessing Liman was an alumnus of the

Nigerian College of Aviation Technology The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology is a higher education institute in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is funded by the Civil Aviation Department in the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Aviation. Formerly known as the Nigerian Civil Aviat ...

, she enlisted into the

in July 2011 and was commissioned on 9 December 2011. On 27 April 2012, she made history by becoming Nigeria's first female

combat pilot A fighter pilot or combat pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in a ...

following the badge decoration ceremony of thirty flying officers by Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liman, Blessing 1984 births Living people People from Kaduna State Nigerian women aviators Nigerian aviators Women air force personnel African women in war Women in 21st-century warfare Nigerian female military personnel History of women in Nigeria Nigerian Air Force personnel Women from Southern Kaduna People from Southern Kaduna