The Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has immortalised the late Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female helicopter combatant pilot.
He announced this at the inauguration of the accommodation block at the NAF base in Port Harcourt. It named a remodelled Pilots Crew Room at the 115 Special Operations Group in Port Harcourt after the late combatant pilot.
Abubakar, who also inaugurated a newly-built Senior Non-Commissioned Officers’ quarters and a water project, praised Arotile for her outstanding contributions to securing the country.
He said: “The late Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, who was the first female combat helicopter pilot in the history of the Nigeria Air Force, died on July 14, at the age of 24.
"It is with mixed feelings that we are having the pilot crew room here at the Nigeria Air Force’s home of combat helicopters, named in her honour.
“The immortalisation of Arotile is also significant such that it addresses another area of our policy thrust of assuring our personnel that their sacrifices will never be in vain.”
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