Bhawana Kanth: 1st Woman IAF Pilot to qualify for Combat Missions

Bhawana Kanth: 1st Woman IAF Pilot to qualify for Combat Missions

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▪️Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth scripted history by becoming rst woman pilot of Indian Air Force (IAF) to qualify to undertake combat missions on a fighter jet.

About Bhawana Kanth

▪️She is from the rst batch of women fighter pilots of the IAF and joined the fighter squadron in November 2017. For the rst time she ew solo in a MiG-21 Bison, in March 2018 and became second woman pilot of the  Indian Air Force to y solo. The 25-year-old ew from Ambala Air Force Station to achieve the feat. In order to be declared ‘Operational by Day’, a pilot has to complete their syllabus which announces them and undertake day operations. She has now completed Operational by Day syllabus for carrying out combat missions on Mig-21 Bison aircraft during day time and thus became 1st  qualified woman IAF fighter pilot to undertake missions by day on fighter aircraft. She will soon be allowed to carry out night operations once her training for night missions

completes.

Note

▪️Within a year of government decision to open ghter stream for women on an experimental basis, three women namely Avani Chaturvedi, Mohana Singh and Kanth were commissioned as ying officers in July 2016. The IAF has already selected next batch of its three women trainee pilots for fighter stream.

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