Esra Özatay (born 1976) is a Turkish female military officer and aviator. She is the commander of the military aerobatics fleet.

Private life

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 The Turkish Air Force Academy (TAFA; ) is a co-educational military academy located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the National Defence University. It is the main human resource for the Turkish Air Force Command. It was founded in 1951, re ...

in 1998. She is married to a fighter pilot, and has a son Batuhan (born 1996) and a daughter Zeynep (born 1998).

Career

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. 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. 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 The Turkish Air Force () is the Air force, air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons, Aviation Squadrons by the Ottoman Empire. It was composed ...

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