All-women combat helicopter crew

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The RAF is to send its first all-woman combat helicopter crew into action in Helmand province in Afghanistan.

The four women will fly missions taking troops and supplies to the frontline in the battle with Taliban.

They are Flt Lt Michelle Goodman, 32, from Bristol and co-pilot, Flt Lt Joanna Watkinson, 28, from Reading.

The rest of the crew are Loadmaster Sgt Stephanie Cole, 24, from Wiltshire and Loadmaster Sgt Wendy Donald, 31, from Liverpool.