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wing c-17 globemaster iii commander linda corbould training in a usaf boeing 1981 -- 2011 royal australian air force no. 36 squadron -lrb- 2006 -- 08 -rrb- tasmania , australia medal of the order of australia 260px somalia east timor iraq war wing commander linda aircraft.jpg corbould on the flight deck of a c-17 linda corbould
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linda corbould

wing commander linda mary corbould oam was an officer in the royal australian air force -lrb- raaf -rrb- and the first woman to command a raaf flying squadron .
she joined the raaf in 1981 , and became one of its first female pilots in the early 1990s .
corbould flew transport aircraft , including during the iraq war in 2003 , and commanded no. 36 squadron from 2006 to 2008 .
she retired from the raaf in 2011 .
