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She undertook the sortie from IAF’s Jamnagar base on Monday, he said. Three women pilots, Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh, had undergone strenuous training programme to fly fighter jets. They were commissioned as flying officers in July 2016, less than a year after the government decided to open the fighter stream for women on an experimental basis. The IAF has already selected the next batch of three women trainee pilots for the fighter stream. Advertisement
Avani Chaturvedi becomes 1st Indian woman to fly a fighter jet
02:56 PM Feb 22, 2018 | Team Udayavani |
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