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Blogs > EdenIn_India > WWSTL Ek Omkar

EdenIn_India 45F
374 posts
3/11/2016 9:54 pm
thanks to SSB and AFSB ...........but there is a cirque* and a caveat** - no pregnancy for the next
1.Flying Officer Avani, Madhya Pradesh
2.Flying Officer Mohana, Rajasthan
3.Flying Officer Bhawana, Bihar

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On Tuesday, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha announced that the IAF will get its first woman fighter pilot on 18th of June this year.

“As of now three women trainees have volunteered to join the fighter stream. They are under the second phase of their training. Once they complete their training and are at par with their male colleagues and the passing out parade is scheduled on June. 16th., 2016

At present, all three women pilots are undergoing rigorous training in Hyderabad.

Asserting that all three trainees should get commissioned on that day and become the first women officers in the fighter stream, Raha added that subsequently they will go to the advanced jet training, and later proceed to the regular squads.



“I must thank the Defence Minister for having approved IAF’s proposal to induct women as fighter pilots and very soon on 18th June this year, the Indian Air Force will get its first woman fighter pilot,” Raha said at a seminar on women in uniform in the Army Medical Corps (AMC) here.

The IAF chief underlined that it was the AMC which first provided the opportunity to women to serve in the defence after which, the floodgates have opened for women to prove their mettle.

In March last year, Raha had said that women are physically not suited to fly fighter planes.

“As far as flying fighter planes are concerned, it is a very challenging job. Women are by nature not physically suited for flying fighter planes for long hours, especially when they are pregnant or have other health problems,” he had said.

Later he changed his stand, saying that he had “no doubt” that women could become fighter pilots.

also thanks to SSB and AFSB

but there is a cirque* and a caveat** - no pregnancy for the next 4 years


SUNYBUNNY60 64M
7933 posts
3/11/2016 10:07 pm

 It is women power.
LOVE IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL




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