Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSub Lieutenant (SLt) Kumudini Tyagi and SLt Riti Singh would, in effect, be the first set of women airborne tacticians in India who would operate from the deck of warships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, entry of women was restricted to the fixed wing aircraft that took off and landed ashore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air force broke the glass ceiling by inducting three women officers Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh into the fighter stream in July 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, flying officer Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo by flying a MiG-21 bison in her first solo flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At present total of 1,875 women officers are serving in the IAF of which 10 are fighter pilots and 18 serve as the women navigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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