Captain Iona Muscat

Captain Muscat serves at the Armed Forces of Malta Training School, initially as an educator and subsequently in the command element of the School. Following successful selection for an ab-initio pilot course in 2019, she pursued her rotary-pilot training in Italy and returned to Malta to serve as a helicopter pilot in the Operations Squadron of the AFM Airwing. Her experience in cultural heritage management together with her military aviation career have contributed significantly to her avid interest in cultural heritage, diplomacy, and military operations. She intends to continue to pursue both her military and archaeological interests and to combine these fields in future multidisciplinary research. Captain Muscat is Armed Forces of Malta 1st female helicopter pilot and has been an Ambassador for the women in Aviation Malta group for the last 8 months.