Selected from among 120 trainee pilots at the Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dindigul, southern India, the three potential combat pilots are currently undergoing Stage II of their flying training on Kiran Intermediate Jet Trainers (IJTs).Bedi, Rahul...
In 2015, the IAF opened new combat Air Force jobs for women as fighter pilots, adding to their role as helicopter pilots in the IAF. Today, women fly in the cockpit of fighter planes of the Indian Air Force and the Indian Air Force has 110 female pilots. Interested in applying for ...
Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi from Madhya Pradesh has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo. She flew a MiG-21 bison in her first solo sortie from IAF.s Jamnagar base in Gujarat on February 19. She is one of