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Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet
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South African History Online. (2012, August 23). Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091440
South African History Online (2012) 'Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091440 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091440, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091440. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091440.
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