The Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, announced Friday that Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore, is the first woman pilot to join the team. Earlier in her RAF career, the 31-year-old served as a Qualified Flying Instructor, teaching students to fly the advanced fast jet trainer at RAF Valley, before flying the Tornado GR4 on operations in Iraq. Flt. Lt. Moore joined the RAF in 1998 after studying aeronautical engineering at Imperial College, London. She is familiar with the Hawk aircraft used by the Red Arrows as she trained fast jet pilots on the aircraft at RAF Valley in Wales
