Nigerian Air Force's first female combat helicopter pilot,Tolulope Arotile,has died in a road accident.
It was learnt that Arotile sustained head injuries from the road accident which occurred at the NAF Base in Kaduna.
NAF. in a press statement said the flight officer died on Tuesday.
The statement quoted the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, as describing her death as an "irreparable loss".
Arotile, who hailed from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, recently completed a programme at the Starlite International Training Academy, South Africa.
She died less than a year after she was decorated as the first female combatant helicopter pilot.
