Lieutenant Shivangi Is The First Woman Pilot Of The Indian Navy
The Indian Navy’s first woman pilot will make her first cockpit entry at Kochi on December 2.
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These Brave Women Cops From Srinagar Were Witness To Pulwama
The country still mourns the loss of CRPF personnel in the recent Pulwama attack, where at least 40 soldiers died in the terrorist attack on 14 February, according to a report by Indian Express. Since then a lot of bravehearts have shown courage and determination to support the families of the martyred. While the martyred soldiers are honoured and […]
Aero India 2019 Bangalore Celebrates Women Power
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” – […]
Chandigarh’s Hina Jaiswal Is IAF’s First Indian Woman Flight Engineer
Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal, who hails from Chandigarh, has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman flight engineer to be inducted by the Indian Air Force. She has completed the Flight Engineers’ course at 112 Helicopter Unit and placed at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bangalore, ANI reported. “She’s created history,” IAF told the Times of India. A flight engineer monitors […]
IAF’s Bhawana Kanth Becomes 2nd Indian Woman To Fly Aircraft Solo
Flying officer Bhawana Kanth recently became the second woman pilot to fly a fighter aircraft solo, reported ANI. The first woman to achieve the feat is Avani Chaturvedi. Flying officer Bhawana Kanth became the second woman pilot of Indian Air Force to fly solo in a fighter aircraft after she flew in a MiG 21 Bison aircraft from […]
Avani Chaturvedi Flies MiG-21 Solo! First Indian Woman to do So!
Flying high on success, Officer Avani Chaturvedi on Monday scripted history yet again. Avani is now the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo, reported PTI. She is one of India’s first women fighter pilots who broke through glass ceiling along with Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on June 18th, 2016. After the Defence Ministry’s ground-breaking decision of […]
IAF’s Second Batch Of Women Fighter Pilots To Pass Out On Dec 16
Things are changing. And, changing for good! India’s first set of women fighter pilots were commissioned in June this year at the prestigious Airforce Academy in Dundigal, Hyderabad. Now the second batch of women fighter pilots has been summoned there and will soon pass out during the Combined Graduate Parade. The event is scheduled to be held on […]
Meet This Techie Who Quit MNC Job To Join Air Force
23-year-old Rucha Surendra Sial had opted for an MNC job. But the news of three women pilots being inducted into the Indian Air Force’s fighter squadron last year changed her life. Being always fascinated with the defence services, Rucha decided to opt out of the corporate world and do something meaningful for the nation. So she did what she always wanted to do — take up a career in the force.
Women Officers In Forces Also Filed Harassment Complaints
Recent data shows that in the last two years, more than 12 women officers have filed complaints of assault and discrimination while on duty.
IAF’s first batch of women fighter pilots avoid the fighter aircraft stream?
If reports are to be believed, not a single lady cadet from the IAF’s first batch of women fighter pilots has volunteered to join the fighter aircraft stream
