Female flight officer surpasses 1,000 flight hours in combat mission against ISIS

Women only make up about 10 percent of F-15E pilot and the weapon systems officer community. And "Major Jennifer" is one of them.

Jennifer, whose last name was withheld for operational security reasons, hit her 1,000 combat flight-hour milestone in the Strike Eagle on Feb. 13 while flying missions against the Islamic State group, the Air Force said.

Jennifer is a weapon systems officer with the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The WSO, often called "wizzos," are the air flight officers who ride behind the pilot, maintain the aircraft's systems and can operate as mission commanders.

“The hour milestones in the jet are big deals,” Capt. Kevin, a 391st EFS pilot, said in the release. "Captain Kevin," whose last name was also withheld, accompanied Jennifer on the mission under Operation Inherent Resolve.