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Bhawana Kanth is IAF's first combat-ready woman fighter pilot
Last Updated : 23 May 2019 06:37:53 AM IST
Agartala: Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth becomes the first woman fighter pilot to be qualified to undertake missions on a fighter aircraft after she completed Day operational syllabus on MiG-21 Bison aircraft, on May 22, 2019. She had joined fighter
Agartala: Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth becomes the first woman fighter pilot to be qualified to undertake missions on a fighter aircraft after she completed Day operational syllabus on MiG-21 Bison aircraft, on May 22, 2019. She had joined fighter

 

Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth is now the first woman fighter pilot to qualify for combat missions.

She completed the operational syllabus on Wednesday on MiG-21 Bison jet. Posted in Nal airbase on the border with Pakistan, she is now qualified for night flying operations as well.



Bhawana was one of the three women along with Mohna Singh and Avani Chaturvedi in 2016. Since then, IAF has inducted six women into the fighter stream.

MiG-21 Bison is the same fighter jet that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flew when he downed Pakistan Air Force's F-16 durig an aerial combat on February 27.



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