NEW DELHI: Scripting history, Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth on Wednesday became the first woman pilot of the Indian Air Force to qualify to undertake combat missions on a fighter jet.
IAF officials said Kanth has completed operational syllabus for carrying out combat missions on Mig-21 Bison aircraft during day time.
“She is the first woman fighter pilot to be qualified to undertake missions by day on a fighter aircraft,” IAF Spokesperson Group Capt Anupam Banerjee said.
At present, Bhawana is posted at the Nal base in Bikaner. (AGENCIES)
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