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Buoyed by the success of its female officers in summiting the highest peak in the world Mount Everest,the Indian Air Force (IAF) has formed a new all-women sky-diving team which will showcase its first performance at the 79th anniversary celebrations of the defence force on October 8.
We are going to have an all-women sky-diving team and they are practising for the Air Force Day parade on October 8, highly-placed IAF officials said. Significantly,this will be the first all-women sky-diving team of any defence force in the world.
This six member team will be there in addition to the Akashganga sky-diving team,which has been performing for several years at both national and international events officials said.
Not only our women officers scaled the Mount Everest,they also took the second and sixth position in the International High Altitude Marathon held there, an official said.
The first place in the competition was secured by Corporal Raju Sindhu,who also successfully summited the Everest. Flight Lieutenant Nivedita Choudhary,Squadron Leader Nirupama Pandey and Flight Lt Rajika Sharma reached the 8,848-m summit becoming the first three women IAF officers to have achieved the feat.
