Armed Forces of Venezuela

Women in the Armed Forces

• July 1977: first contingent of women to enter a school of training of officers of the armed forces of Venezuela, specifically to the aviation school in Maracay.
• June 2007: first woman pilot certified to fly the Mi-26 helicopter, the world's biggest helicopter.
• 4 July 2007: first woman promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral.
• 28 December 2008: A woman Brigadier General founded the Military Technical School of the NBAF (today the Military Technical Academy and formerly the Armed Forces Basic School) as Directress, the first-ever woman to hold the director post in a Venezuelan service academy.
• 5 July 2010: the Venezuelan Government conferred Manuela Sáenz (also called the "Libertadora del Libertador"), the grade of brigadier general of the Bolivarian army of Venezuela posthumously, as the "posthumous recognition of the virtues of heroine of American independence" due to her outstanding contributions in the Spanish American wars of independence.
• 27 November 2009: first female pilot of fighter aircraft.
• 23 January 2012: first woman to complete a flight on a Venezuelan Air Force Super King Air B200
• 3 July 2012: first woman promoted to Admiral
• 28 May 2013: The Venezuelan National Guard's Air Command welcomed its first female pilot in history.