Esra Özatay
Esra Özatay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Germany |
| Years of service | 1998–present |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Turkish Stars |
| Children | 2 |
Esra Özatay (born 1976) is a Turkish female military officer and aviator. She is the commander of the military aerobatics fleet.
Private life[edit]
Özatay was born in 1976 in Germany. In 1993, she graduated from Kadıköy Girls High School and finished her education at the Turkish Air Force Academy in 1998.[1]
She is married to a fighter pilot, and has a son Batuhan (born 1996) and a daughter Zeynep (born 1998).[2][3]
Career[edit]
She completed her training in 2000 at the 2nd Main Jet Base Command and served as a F-5 pilot within 132nd Fighter-Interceptor Fleet Command at Konya Air Base 3rd Main Jet Base Command until 2004.[1] Özatay, also began serving as aviator trainer in 2010.
In 2014, she joined the 134th Aerobatics Fleet Command of the Turkish Stars and became their first female member.[4] She was appointed as the fleet commander to the Turkish Stars in 2016 and became the first female fleet commander of the Turkish Air Force.[5][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hv.Plt.Bnb.Esra Özatay". www.turkyildizlari.tsk.tr. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b "TSK'nın ilk kadın filo komutanı Esra Özatay SÖZCÜ'ye konuşmuştu!". Sözcü ! (in Turkish). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Pilot Binbaşı Esra Özatay gösteri uçuşu yapacak". Habertürk (in Turkish). 9 May 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Arslan, Ercan (18 May 2015). "Uçakla aramda duygusal bir bağ var". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Türk Hava Kuvvetleri'nin ilk kadın filo komutanı Binbaşı Esra Özatay oldu". Haberturk. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
