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  Indian Air Force woman fighter pilot to participate in 'aerial wargames' in Japan

  India | January 07, 2023 14:53 IST

  Indian Air Force news: India’s one of the first three lady fighter pilots Squadron Leader Avni Chaturvedi will be leaving for Japan shortly for participating in the exercise. Squadron Leader Chaturvedi is a Su-30MKI pilot.

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  Meet Anupriya Lakra, first female pilot from Maoist-hit Malkangiri

  India | September 10, 2019 16:35 IST

  Daughter of Odisha police constable Mariniyas Lakra and homemaker mother Jimaj Yashmin Lakra, Anupriya left her engineering mid-way to follow her passion of becoming a pilot.

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  Two Pakistani women pilots applauded for bravery, Twitter calls them 'inspiration'

  Trending | June 22, 2018 16:10 IST

  Pakistan International Airlines tweeted a picture of their two women pilots for their bravery. The moment that picture surfaced the internet it went viral has collected over 8,700 likes.

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  Decision on permanent commission for women fighter pilots likely in a year

  Politics | May 06, 2016 22:06 IST

  Manohar Parrikar on Friday said a decision on inducting women on permanent commission as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force will be taken in a year's time.

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  Women fighters in IAF just for five years on experimental basis

  India | December 05, 2015 9:44 IST

  New Delhi:  Indian Air Force (IAF) is soon going to commission women pilots in fighter streams from June 2016 on an "experimental basis".The minister of state for defence Rao Inderjit Singh told Lok Sabha on

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  China to recruit women pilots for deep-sea submersible

  World | September 14, 2013 11:08 IST

  Beijing:  China's State Oceanic Administration will recruit two highly educated women pilots to operate a deep-sea submersible.Nearly 100 applications have been received, and most of them are from fresh graduates holding master's or doctoral degrees,

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  Ajit Singh lauds AI women pilots for ensuring safe landing

  India | June 11, 2012 21:58 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 11: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today lauded the courage and grit of two women pilots, who safely landed a Guwahati-bound Air India aircraft, which lost one of the nose wheels during