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Sub-Lieutenant Hélène

Sub-lieutenant Hélène is at the cusp of a career as a helicopter pilot in the French Navy. She should be fully qualified and a lieutenant by this summer, although, like almost everybody else in France right now, she is confined and not attending any more training sessions for the time being. She was outdoors as we spoke via FaceTime on a lovely spring day, her voice sometimes drowned by the twittering of the birds…

Lt. Alicia

She thought she'd be an army dog-handler. But instead, Lt Alicia* is a French Army helicopter pilot. She flies the Puma, a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-size utility helicopter. Alicia is only 24 but her maturity, drive and focus are astonishing…