Phetogo Molawa is South Africa's first black female helicopter pilot in the South African Air Force and the South African National Defence Force. [1] [2] She is currently a captain in the South African Air Force. [3] In 2018 she became the first woman and the first black person to take command of a South African Air Force installation; specifically, she became the new commanding officer of the South African Air Force base in Port Elizabeth. [4]
She was born at Thaba Nchu near Bloemfontein in 1986 [5] and joined the South African Air Force after leaving school. [6]