Kang Sun-young
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Kang Sun-young | |
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| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Allegiance |  South Korea |
| Branch |  Republic of Korea Army |
| Service years | 1990–2021 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Commands | Aviation Operational Command Army Aviation School |
Kang Sun-young (Korean: 강선영; born 1966) is a South Korean military officer and the first woman to become a two-star major general of South Korean military and to head the Aviation Operations Command of its Army.[1]
Before being promoted to major general in November 2019, she was the president of Army Aviation School.
She started her military service in 1990 when she was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. In 1993 she was admitted to Army Aviation School, where she graduated at the top of her helicopter class.[2] She was the first woman to become Army special operation forces' jumpmaster and captain respectively.[3] She continued to serve in aviation as the commander of the 60th Aviation Group, 11th Aviation Group and chief of staff at the Army Operations Command.[4]