IAF makes history; first 3 women fighter pilots get wings

June 18, 2016 10:51

Flying Cadets Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh created history on Saturday by becoming the first three women fighter pilots to be commissioned in the Indian Air Force.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar reviewed the passing out parade at the IAF Academy in Hakimpet in Telangana.

The three will now undergo advanced training for one year on Hawk aircraft in Bidar in Karnataka and would enter a fighter cockpit by June 2017.

They will be going to Bidar in June for their stage-III training for a year on Hawk advanced jet trainers, before they get to fly supersonic warplanes.

Six women cadets were competing to become fighter pilots after the government, in a landmark move, approved an IAF plan in October to induct them as fighter pilots. However, only three trainees were selected for the fighter stream.

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