King presents Princess Salma with wings upon completing pilot training

Amman
08 January 2020

His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, on Wednesday presented Her Royal Highness Princess Salma bint Abdullah II with her wings after completing theoretical and practical pilot training, at a ceremony attended by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II.

Her Royal Highness is the first young Jordanian woman to complete preliminary pilot training on fixed wing aircraft.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Yousef Huneiti, Royal Jordanian Air Force commander, the commandant of the King Hussein Air College, and the wing commander at the college, attended the ceremony, which took place at Al Husseiniya Palace.