Gone but not forgotten – Flying Officer Tolulope Sarah Arotile

Gone but not forgotten – Flying Officer Tolulope Sarah Arotile

(13 December 1995 – 14 July 2020)

She was the first-ever female combat helicopter 🚁 pilot in the Nigerian Air Force.

Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile fought many battles successfully, especially the fight against insurgency in the North East and North West.

She was winged as the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force on 15 October 2019 (together with the first female fighter pilot, Kafayat Sani) after completing her flying training in South Africa.

Arotile died from a head injury sustained in an accident at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna state on 14 July 2020.

Gone but not forgotten.