Highlighting the achievements of Women in Aviation, ‘Women’s Day’ will be celebrated on Saturday (23 Feb) at the biennial Aero India 2019 expo. It is being held at the Yelahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF), reported  Tribune India. A big celebration on the cards as Asia’s largest air show – the 12th edition “Aero India-2019” – […]

Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly solo. Now, she has created another record by becoming the first woman pilot of the Indian Air Force who completed a solo flight on a MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft. She achieved this feat over the Jamnagar base in […]

India Air Force had started inducting women pilots in 1994 but it was restricted to helicopters and transport aircraft. In October 2015, the IAF opened its fighter plane cockpits for women cadets. They were given the choice to be fighter pilots, on an experimental basis for a period of five years. This was a historic […]

The first batch of female fighter pilots-Bhawana Kanth, Mohana Singh, and Avani Chaturvedi will be inducted on June 18th.