Shivangi Singh To Be First Woman Pilot To Join Rafale Fleet for IAF

Lieutenant Shivangi Singh is highly trained in flying the highly-demanding MiG-21 Bison aircraft.
Lieutenant Shivangi Singh is highly trained in flying the highly-demanding MiG-21 Bison aircraft.
​After completing her training,​​ she would be eligible to join the IAF as a pilot, thus becoming the second woman from the state to do so.
Women fighter pilots are inducted and deployed in IAF as per strategic needs and operational requirements within the laid down policy, which is reviewed from time to time, said MOS for Defence, Sripad Yesso Naik.
Wives of Armed Forces personnel know the stakes and thus prepare themselves accordingly. One example of this is Garima Abrol, wife of Samir Abrol, a pilot, who was martyred in Mirage 2000 fighter plane crash this year.
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