New Delhi:8th October,2015. In an Air force Day bonanza to the growing women pilot fraternity, Air Force Chief Arup Raha announced that India will soon have women fighter pilots which will put them in combat positions in the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time.
This brought smiles on the faces of not only serving women officers but also on the faces of the young aspirants of the gen-next. IAF has had women flying transport aircraft and helicopters in the Air Force, but could not zoom into the skies as fighter pilots. Now they can hope to do so in the near future.
IAF to get women fighter pilots soon
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