MANILA, Philippines – In the
extraordinary field of military pilots where male standards superiority, a
valiant 33-year-old Filipino woman plummet, beat the odds to transform into the
primary Filipina to fly the supersonic F-16 battling Falcon warrior fly that
conveyed battle missions in Iraq as a person from the United States Air Force
(USAF).
The F-16 Fighting Falcon or
most ordinarily known as the "Snake" is a best in class warrior
airplane. It has been an elite weapon framework for the US and associated
countries for it has been utilized as a part of various aerial battles. This
particular air ship has surpassed all the potential risk contender air makes.
Its element as an offense-barrier weapon is exceptionally exact that it can
perform on any climate condition. This sort of plane is a convoluted gadget
intended to be taken care of by exceedingly qualified pilots. The F-16 or the
Viper has assumed crucial parts in the vast majority of America 's wars with
the latest being in backing of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A F-16 military
aircraft is the thing that Monessa Catuncan explores.
Capt. Monessa Catuncan was
highlighted by the Asian Journal for her remarkable achievements as a pilot of
a F-16 warrior plane. She is the most youthful little girl of Filipino workers
Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Catuncan, some time ago lives in Pasay City and Olongapo
City however now arranged in Mesquite, Texas.
In any case, before Monessa
even set foot to the first class US Air Force, this humble Pinay, as just about
other people earned her approach to achievement. "I think I need to be a
space explorer," her dad Ramon Catuncan reviewed her expression after she
saw "Armageddon" while a sophomore at the Mesquite High School.
"I advised her it would require a ton of diligent work to understand her
desire yet she let me know that would not prevent her," he said. He said
her little girl's most loved nourishments are adobo, afritada and kare-kare.
Undoubtedly, even in her
underlying years in school, Monessa surpassed desires in scholastics,
graduating valedictorian in a class of 693 at Mesquite High School in Texas in
2000. Catuncan said that while his girl was still in secondary school she got
the consideration of the Coast Guard, who welcomed her in 1999 to Connecticut
to intrigue her in turning into a Coast Guard helicopter pilot. Monessa went to
Connecticut for around two weeks to look at the Coast Guard however at last she
said she was not inspired by flying helicopters. She needed to be a settled
wing pilot. In the wake of graduating at the highest point of her secondary
school class in Dallas County, Texas, Monessa enlisted at the US Air Force
Academy in Colorado Springs and majored in aeronautical designing.
Like every last bit of her
partners, Monessa experienced an Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) before
turning into a military pilot. Be that as it may, she didn't simply pass her
UPT – she exceeded expectations in it. That same year. While at USAFA, Monessa,
beside seeking after her wanted vocation as a major aspect of the US Air Force,
served as a Squadron Commander, a Division-1 tennis player, a Glider Instructor
Pilot, and an individual from the Glider Acrobatic Team, among other vital
positions. In 2004, Monessa graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Astronautical Engineering from the USAFA.
Monessa substantiated
herself, and completed the course as one of the top understudy pilots in her
class. She was then flown either a warrior or a plane airplane. After her course
at Moody Air Force, she went to Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio , Texas and
Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls to fly the T-38. In her preparation
there, Monessa took in the nuts and bolts of development flying, hostile and
guarded contender moving, and surface assault besieging systems. Monessa
experienced extraordinary considering and was placed in an assortment of
unpleasant circumstances with a specific end goal to pass this preparation.
From flying T-38, she had a choice of looking over changed flying machine like
the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, B-1B Lancer, A-10
Warthog, B-52 Stratofortress, and F/A-22 Raptor, and T-6 or T-38 are
additionally alternatives. After her T-38 course, Monessa asked for to fly a
F-16 Falcon, and she got what she needed.
Monessa proceeded with her
preparation to sharpen her aptitude at moving warrior planes at Luke Air Force
Base in Phoenix, Arizona where she figured out how to control and apply
strategies of the F-16 Fighter Falcon, or Viper. Monessa completed her course
at Luke Air Force Base without a hitch and was a piece of the "Fortunate
number 13" move on from class 2007. She was the main lady in her
gathering, also the main Filipino to pass the quite pined for pilot course.
She was authorized as a USAF
second lieutenant in 2004 and in the wake of preparing as a F-16 plane pilot
was sent to Iraq with the 34th Fighter Squadron to bolster US ground troops in
close air bolster missions. Early this year she was elevated to skipper and
doled out at Hill Air Force Base in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the main Filipina
to fly the F-16, Capt. Catuncan "additionally conveys the Philippine
banner and the pride of the nation it speaks to and the general population in
it." The US Air Force is a tip top association and to a pilot, a F-16
military aircraft is a prized ownership. Monessa, through her diligence and
diligent work, has earned the fly the F-16, as well as the pride and respect of
protecting the United States, and additionally making the Filipinos glad.
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