Fly Like a Bird': Who is Shivangi Singh, Rafale Squadron's First Woman Fighter Pilot?
Buzz Staff
24 September 2020, 1:29 pm
Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh is on her way to formally join the Golden Arrows squadron operating the Rafale fighter jets. This comes after reports of a woman fighter pilot being trained to join the squadron in Ambala.
After the Indian Navy deployed two women officers as frontline warship crew in a historic first, this move on part of the Indian Air Force shatters more glass ceilings and is, without a shred of doubt, a historic moment.
At present, the IAF has 10 women fighter pilots and 18 women navigators. The total strength of women officers serving in the IAF is 1,875. The Golden Arrows squadron of the IAF was resurrected on September 10 last year after five French-made multirole Rafale fighter jets were inducted into the Indian Air Force.