Fighting The Taliban And 'Helmet Hair'

Photo: Squadron Leader Nikki Thomas (L), a pilot with 31 Squadron from Royal Air Force Marham and Flight Lieutenant Jules Fleming (R) a navigator with 31 Squadron on the steps of their aircraft prior to a sortie at Kandahar airfield, Afghanistan.

My Sister: The War Lady In The All-Female Tornado Crew -- Times Online

Nikki Thomas, a fast jet-navigator serving in Afghanistan, on fighting the Taliban and 'helmet hair'

I’m on the phone to Nikki, my little sister, and we’re gossiping away about the usual stuff, boys, shoes, bombs. Yes, bombs. Squadron Leader Nikki Thomas is a fast-jet navigator serving in Afghanistan. She and her pilot, Juliette “Jules” Fleming, are the RAF’s first all-female Tornado crew in the country. They have clocked up more than 35 missions in the war zone in the past three months.

We hear much about the husbands, fathers, sons and brothers out there; but what of the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters? Of the 30 Tornado GR4 air crew of the RAF’s 31 Squadron on active duty in Afghanistan, four are women — Nikki and Jules among them.

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My Comment: "Helmet hair"?!?!?!