South Korea's Air Force has selected its first ever female test pilot.<br />Captain Jung Da-jung is making history by taking on this challenging role.<br />Park Ji-won went to meet her and files this report. <br />South Korea's first female air force test pilot started her 46-week training earlier Wednesday,... the second day of this new year.<br />The Republic of Korea Air Force announced that captain Jung Da-jung has been selected as one of this year's three new test pilots,... along with captain Lee Cheol-soo and captain Woo Yong-kyun .<br />Their training, almost a year long, started at the 281st flight test squadron, located in the southeastern city of Sacheon in Gyeongsangnam-do Province.<br />She entered the Air Force Academy back in 2005... and has been serving as a KF-16 jet fighter pilot,... clocking up about one-thousand flight hours so far.<br /><br />"I started dreaming of becoming an Air Force test pilot because I wanted to be the first to examine a wide range of aircraft equipment. I will do my best to live up to the title of first female test pilot,... and will help my fellow fighter pilots who conduct military operations."<br /><br />After her training,... Jung is expected to conduct various kinds of testing missions, including the development of the South Korean-made KF-X,... which the military aims to complete sometime around 2022 or later.<br />Since 1990, the nation's air force has selected 42 test-pilots, all males,... after a rigorous selection process because their job of testing the safety of newly-developed aircraft is more dangerous than flying regular fighter jets.<br />Park Ji-won, Arirang News. <br />
