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WOMEN IN INDIAN AIR FORCE NEWS

Who is Squadron Leader Priya Sharma, the IAF woman pilot who will fly MiG-21 at send-off ceremony?

September 24, 2025 7:51 pm

A 2018 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Squadron Leader Sharma is only the 7th woman fighter pilot of the IAF.

Sharad Pawar says accidents in Indian Air Force decreased after the induction of women

June 22, 2023 4:46 pm

Actor Shabana Azmi says it was during the chief ministership of Pawar that Maharashtra became the first state to ban pre-natal sex determination test.

India’s first woman Rafale pilot Shivangi Singh takes part in R-Day parade

January 26, 2022 3:55 pm

Singh, who is from Varanasi, joined the IAF in 2017 and was commissioned in the IAF's second batch of women fighter pilots.

Sky’s the limit

October 21, 2015 12:12 am

The real challenge is not teaching women in the air force to fly. It is bringing about a shift in thinking. Women in the forces need to be made equal contributors to strategy, future-planning.

Fighting fit

October 09, 2015 12:08 am

Indian air force has dented the brass ceiling. The other armed forces must follow suit.

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