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Ranging in rank from a lieutenant to a three-star general, the filming of the commercial was the first time that all of the Air Force’s female fighter pilots had come together.

The commercial also shows how their numbers have grown since 1994 when there were 315 female pilots in the Air Force including 7 female fighter pilots.

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